Elachista strepens

Elachista strepens
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. strepens
Binomial name
	Elachista strepens; Meyrick, 1922

Elachista strepens is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1922.^[1] It is found in India (Assam).^[2]

The wingspan is about 5 mm. The forewings are dark ashy-fuscous with a cloudy whitish dot on the costa at two-fifths and one at four-fifths. There are several white terminal specks. The hindwings are dark grey.^[3]

References edit

^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachista strepens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
^ Markku Savela, ed. (9 May 2023). "Elachista". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
^ Meyrick, Edward (1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. II. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 508.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachista strepens". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.

[2] Markku Savela, ed. (9 May 2023). "Elachista". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2023-07-15.

[3] Meyrick, Edward (1916). Exotic Microlepidoptera. Vol. II. London: Taylor and Francis. p. 508.

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