Biology:Elachista orestella

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Short description: Species of moth

Elachista orestella
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. orestella
Binomial name
Elachista orestella
Busck, 1908[1]

Elachista orestella is a moth of the family Elachistidae.[2][3] It is found in North America in Alberta, Labrador, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Quebec, Yukon, Alaska, Illinois, Massachusetts , Minnesota, Nebraska, New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania.[3]

The length of the forewings is 3.1–5.7 mm.[2]

References

  1. Busck, A. (1908). "Descriptions of some new microlepidoptera from Pennsylvania". The Canadian Entomologist 40 (6): 193–196. doi:10.4039/Ent40193-6. https://zenodo.org/record/2087313/files/article.pdf. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 "Species Elachista orestella". https://bugguide.net/node/view/819522. 
  3. 3.0 3.1 Kaila, L. (1997). "A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae)". Acta Zoologica Fennica 206: 1–93. 


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