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Elachista acenteta

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Elachista acenteta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. acenteta
Binomial name
Elachista acenteta
Braun, 1948

Elachista acenteta is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America in Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Colorado and Nebraska.[1]

The length of the forewings is 4.5–6.2 mm. The basal fifth of the costa of the forewings is grey. The ground colour is snow-white. The hindwings vary in colour from dark to light grey. The underside of the wings is grey.

References

  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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