The wingspan is about 8 mm. The head, palpi, antennae and thorax are whitish-fuscous. The abdomen is black above, with some white scales and ochreous-whitish beneath. The forewings are whitish-fuscous, irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous. The hindwings are grey. Adults have been recorded in October.[1]
TaxonomyEdit
The species was originally described in the family Elachistidae. It was recently moved to the Scythrididae, but has not been assigned to a new genus yet.[2]
ReferencesEdit
^Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales
^Elachistine Moths of Australia: Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae
elachista, arctodyta, elachista, arctodyta, moth, family, scythrididae, found, australia, including, western, australia, elachista, arctodytascientific, classificationkingdom, animaliaphylum, arthropodaclass, insectaorder, lepidopterafamily, scythrididaegenus,. Elachista arctodyta is a moth of the family Scythrididae It is found in Australia including Western Australia Elachista arctodytaScientific classificationKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily ScythrididaeGenus UnassignedSpecies E arctodytaBinomial nameElachista arctodytaMeyrick 1897The wingspan is about 8 mm The head palpi antennae and thorax are whitish fuscous The abdomen is black above with some white scales and ochreous whitish beneath The forewings are whitish fuscous irregularly sprinkled with dark fuscous The hindwings are grey Adults have been recorded in October 1 Taxonomy EditThe species was originally described in the family Elachistidae It was recently moved to the Scythrididae but has not been assigned to a new genus yet 2 References Edit Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales Elachistine Moths of Australia Lepidoptera Gelechioidea Elachistidae This article on a moth of the family Scythrididae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elachista arctodyta amp oldid 1129506386, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
