Elachista bipunctella is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995.[1][failed verification] It is found in south-eastern Siberia and Japan.[2] The habitat consists of boggy areas.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. bipunctella
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| Binomial name | |
| Elachista bipunctella (Sinev & Sruoga, 1995)
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The length of the forewings is about 3.7 mm. The forewings are white, margined with brownish grey on the basal 2/3 of the costa and with two small dark brown marks around the middle of the fold and around the tip of the cell. There are coppery brown scales scattered sparsely on the distal 1/4 of the wing. The hindwings are ochreous grey. There is probably one generation per year.[3]
References edit
- ^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- ^ Elachista at funet
- ^ Sugisima, K., 1999: A new littoral Elachista species, E. kobomugi sp. nov., and its close relatives (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) from Japan. Transactions of the Lepidopterological Society of Japan 50(4): 247-263. Abstract and full article: [1].