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Subfamily Elachistinae

Cute, Little Elachista sp. - Elachista Elachista NMW2018 Moth #60 - Elachista Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Festuca verticillata D2792 2021 2.1 - Elachista Pamlico County Goose Creek Gamelands leaf miner on Chasmanthium laxum D3162 2021 3.1 - Elachista Elachista sp. - Elachista Elachista Hatteras leaf miner Elachista on Stenotaphrum secundatum D4640 adult 2023 3 - Elachista
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Subfamily Elachistinae
Explanation of Names
Elachistinae from type genus Elachista (Treitschke), Greek meaning "very small." (1)
Identification
"The Elachistinae are characterized by hindwing veins Rs and M1 being long-stalked and by absence of maxillary palpi in the pupa" (2).
Works Cited
1.An accentuated list of the British Lepidoptera, with hints on the derivation of the names.
Anonymous. 1858. The Entomological Societies of Oxford and Cambridge.
2.Morphology reinforces proposed molecular phylogenetic affinities: a revised classification for Gelechioidea (Lepidoptera)
Heikkilä, M., Mutanen, M., Kekkonen, M. and Kaila, L. 2014. Cladistics 30: 563–589.