Elachista helonoma

Elachista helonoma 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 8–10 mm. The forewings are whitish, more or less irrorated with ochreous, especially on the dorsal half. There is a slender ochreous-fuscous median longitudinal streak from near the base to the middle, and a second from above the extremity of the first to near the apex. There is also a fuscous dot beneath the apex of first the streak and the inner margin is more or less obscurely brownish towards the base. The hindwings are pale grey.^[3]

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