Elachista stramineola

Elachista stramineola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. stramineola
Binomial name
Elachista stramineola
Braun, 1921

Elachista stramineola is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from California,[1] Alberta,[2] Washington, British Columbia and Montana.[3]

The wingspan is 9–11.5 mm. The forewings are fuscous, somewhat dusted with yellowish white, especially in the basal third. The hindwings are pale fuscous.[4] Adults have been recorded on wing in July.

References

  1. ^ Moth Photographers Group. "Elachista stramineola – 1107". Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 2022-12-11.
  2. ^ Pohl, Greg; Anweiler, Gary; Schmidt, Christian; Kondla, Norbert (2010). Annotated List of the Lepidoptera of Alberta, Canada. PenSoft Publishers. pp. 71, 323. ISBN 978-954-642-534-8.
  3. ^ Annette F. Braun (1948). Elachistidae of North America (Microleptidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. Vol. 13. Philadelphia: American Entomological Society. pp. 62–64.
  4. ^ Braun, Annette F. (1921). "Two Weeks Collecting in Glacier National Park" (PDF). Proceedings of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia. 73 (1): 1–23. ISSN 0097-3157. JSTOR 4063797. Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.


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