Biology:Elachista megagnathos
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Short description: Species of moth
| Elachista megagnathos | |
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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. megagnathos
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| Binomial name | |
| Elachista megagnathos Sruoga, 1990[1]
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Elachista megagnathos is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Russia (the Russian Far East and the southern Ural Mountains).[2][3]
The length of the forewings is 2.6–2.9 millimetres (0.10–0.11 in) for males. The head and thorax are shining silvery grey-brown. The forewing ground colour is blackish brown with a bronze lustre and silvery marks with goldish lustre. The hindwings are brown.[4]
Adults have been recorded in July in the Russian Far East.
References
- ↑ "Elachista (Elachista) megagnathos Sruoga, 1990". Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=435510.
- ↑ Kaila, L.; Nupponen, K. (2003). "Contribution to the fauna of Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southern Ural Mountains". Entomol. Fennica. pp. 65–90. http://www.entomologicafennica.org/Volume14/abstracts14_65.htm.
- ↑ "Elachista at funet". http://www.nic.funet.fi:80/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/elachistidae/elachista/index.html.
- ↑ Seven new species of Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) from the USSR
Wikidata ☰ Q5352844 entry
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