Elachista cirrhoplica

Elachista cirrhoplica
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. cirrhoplica
Binomial name
Elachista cirrhoplica
Kaila, 2012

Elachista cirrhoplica is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in eastern Spain. The habitat consists of montane areas at altitudes between 1,600 and 2,300 meters.

The wingspan is 8.8–9.5 mm. The forewing ground colour is white, scattered with black scales and with three indistinct yellow longitudinal lines. The basal third of the costa is black and the fringe scales concolorous with the forewing, although some of the longer scales distally are brown or dark grey, forming an indistinct double fringe line. The hindwings are pale grey with concolorous fringe scales.[1]

References

  1. Kaila, L. 2012: On species related to Elachista hedemanni Rebel (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae), with descriptions of three new Palearctic species, Zootaxa 3316: 28-39.
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