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Elachista louisella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Elachistidae

Rank
  
Species

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Elachista

Elachista louisella is a moth of the Elachistidae family that is found in California.

The length of the forewings is 5 millimetres (0.20 in). The forewings are dirty white, dusted with pale brown scales especially broadly along the costa and in the tornal area. The hindwings are light grey and the underside of the wings is grey.

Etymology

The species name is an artificial combination of letters.

References

Elachista louisella Wikipedia