Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Elachistidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Elachista | |
Elachista colouratella is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.
The larvae feed on Carex insaniae. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a full-depth linear blotch.
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