Elachista thallophora is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1888.[1] It is found in New Zealand.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. thallophora
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| Binomial name | |
| Elachista thallophora Meyrick, 1888
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The wingspan is 8–15 mm. The forewings are pearly white with an ochreous-brown longitudinal streak from the base of the costa, and another from the base in the middle, converging to a point in the disc at four-fifths, where they terminate. There is an ochreous-brown streak along the inner margin from the base to the anal angle. In males, these markings are thicker, darker, and more suffused, and the posterior half of the costa is also suffused with brown. The hindwings are grey.[3]
References
edit- ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachista thallophora". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
- ^ Markku Savela, ed. (9 May 2023). "Elachista". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
- ^ Meyrick, Edward (1888). "Descriptions of New Zealand Micro-Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 21: 154–186 – via Papers Past.
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