Biology:Elachista lorigera

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Short description: Species of moth

Elachista lorigera
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. lorigera
Binomial name
Elachista lorigera
(Meyrick, 1921)
Synonyms
  • Ptilodoxa lorigera Meyrick, 1921

Elachista lorigera is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921.[1] It is found on Java.[2]

The wingspan is about six millimetres (0.24 in). The forewings are dark fuscous, speckled with whitish on the basal half and towards the dorsum. There is a large dark fuscous tuft towards the dorsum before the middle and an oblique ochreous-white streak from the costa before the middle reaching half across the wing, between this and the base is some whitish suffusion towards the costa and there is an irregular-edged ochreous-white streak from ​23 of the costa to just below the apex, broadened anteriorly by an extension over the cilia. The hindwings are dark grey.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Elachista lorigera". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=121647. 
  2. Elachista at funet
  3. Zool. Meded. Leyden 6 : 186 This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

Wikidata ☰ Q13603776 entry