Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Unassigned Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Unassigned | |
"Elachista" demogenes is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1897. It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.
The wingspan is 7-8 mm. The forewings are pale grey, irrorated with dark fuscous, sometimes with a suffusiob of black irroration towards the dorsum anteriorly and toward the costa posteriorly. The plical and second discal stigmata are black. The hindwings are grey.
Taxonomy
The species was described in the Elachistidae family, but was excluded from this family in a later study.
References
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