| Elachista megagnathos | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. megagnathos |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista megagnathos Sruoga, 1990[1] |
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Elachista megagnathos is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It 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 mm 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.