Biology:Elachista archaeonoma
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Short description: Species of moth
| Elachista archaeonoma | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Arthropoda |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Insecta |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Lepidoptera |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Elachistidae |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | Elachista |
| Script error: No such module "Taxobox ranks".: | <div style="display:inline" class="script error: no such module "taxobox ranks".">E. archaeonoma |
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| Elachista archaeonoma Meyrick, 1889[1]
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Elachista archaeonoma is a species of moth in the family Elachistidae.[1][2][3] It was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889. It is endemic to New Zealand.
Taxonomy
This species was first described by Edward Meyrick in 1889 and named Elachista archaeonoma.[4] In 1928 George Hudson discussed and illustrated this species in his 1928 book The butterflies and moths of New Zealand.[5]
Description
Hudson described this species as follows:
The expansion of the wings is about five-sixteenths of an inch. The fore-wings of the male are dark grey densely speckled with paler grey; there are two dull white marks a little before the middle followed by two blackish spots placed on the costa and dorsum and a blackish streak in the disc; there is a marginal series of black dots. The hind-wings are dark grey. In the female the fore-wings are white sprinkled with brown from the base to beyond 4; there is a large blackish-brown blotch near the middle and a smaller blotch at the apex, the two being connected by a slender line in the disc; a number of large black seales is situated on the cilia. The hind-wings are very pale grey.[5]
Distribution
This species is endemic to New Zealand.[1][6]
Behaviour
Adults have been recorded on wing in December and January.
Host species
The larvae of this species are grass leaf miners.[7]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 , pp. 463, Wikidata Q45922947
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 , Wikidata Q54487862
- ↑ , Wikidata Q86984314
- ↑ , pp. 179, Wikidata Q56065895
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 , pp. 351, Wikidata Q58593286
- ↑ "Elachista". http://www.nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/elachistidae/elachistinae/elachista/.
- ↑ "Elachista archaeonoma (Meyrick, 1889) Herbivore Report". https://plant-synz.landcareresearch.co.nz/ReportForm.aspx?RecordId=279&Type=H&ReportType=Adv&SortBy=Alpha&Biostatus=a,c,e,n.
Wikidata ☰ Q13603622 entry
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