Elachista colouratella

Elachista colouratella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. colouratella
Binomial name
	Elachista colouratella; Sinev & Sruoga, 1995
Synonyms
	Elachista coloratella;

Elachista colouratella is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995.^[1] It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.

The larvae feed on Carex insaniae. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a full-depth linear blotch.^[2]

References

^ Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.^{[failed verification]}
^ Japanese Moths

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[1] Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.^{[failed verification]}

[2] Japanese Moths

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