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Elachista staintonella

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Domain
  
Eukarya

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Rank
  
Species

Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Elachistidae

Elachista staintonella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the United States, where it has been recorded from Texas.

The forewings are pale ocherous, with brownish dusting and an irregular angulated creamy white fascia before the middle, as well as a faintly defined narrower acutely angulated fascia at two-thirds. The basal third of the wing is ocherous. The hindwings are yellowish white, with fuscous dusting.

References

Elachista staintonella Wikipedia