Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Elachistidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Elachista | |
Elachista achrantella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in North America in Saskatchewan and Colorado.
The length of the forewings is 4.2-5.7 mm. The costa in the basal sixth of the forewing is brownish grey, otherwise it is unicolorous silky while. The hindwings are translucent light grey and the underside of the wings is grey.
Etymology
The species name is an artificial combination of letters.
References
Elachista achrantella Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA