Elachista sagittifera

Elachista sagittifera
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. sagittifera
Binomial name
Elachista sagittifera
Philpott, 1927

Elachista sagittifera is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Philpott in 1927.[1] It is found in New Zealand.[2]

The wingspan is about 11.5 mm. The forewings are white, the base of the costa to one-sixth narrowly fuscous. There is a whitish-ochreous stripe along the costa, broadest on the basal half. There is an ochreous stripe along the fold to two-fifth and an ochreous-fuscous stripe above the fold, as well as a fuscous stripe along the dorsum to the tornus. The hindwings are dark fuscous.[3]

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