Elachista melanura

Elachista melanura
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. melanura
Binomial name
Elachista melanura
Meyrick, 1889

Elachista melanura is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1889.[1] It is found in New Zealand.[2]

The wingspan is about 13 mm. The forewings are whitish-grey, somewhat irrorated with darker. There is an elongate black dot on the fold before the middle and a second one in the disc above the middle, as well as a third one in the disc at two-thirds. The hindwings are pale whitish-grey.[3]

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