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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Twirler Moths and kin (Gelechioidea) » Grass Miner Moths (Elachistidae) » Elachistinae » Elachista » argentella species group (Elachista argentella species group) » Elachista orestella - Hodges#1083 (Elachista orestella)

Species Elachista orestella - Hodges#1083

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Range · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · See Also · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Elachista orestella - Elachista orestella

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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

Genus Elachista

No Taxon (argentella species group)

Species orestella (Elachista orestella - Hodges#1083)

Hodges Number

1083

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Elachista orestella Busck, 1908

Size

Kaila (1997) listed the forewing length as 3.1 to 5.7 mm.

Identification

Elachista orestella forewing is white with a black spot near the middle of the forewing and at the 2/3 of the wing. The basal 1/6 of the costa is grey. (Kaila 1997).

Range

Alaska, and across all of Canada; south to Nebraska and New Jersey in the United States.

Habitat

Elachista orestella is usually found in montane habitats.

Season

Kaila (1997) reported April through September.

Food

Kaila (1997) reported the whole group as grass leafminers (Poaceae).

Remarks

Kaila (1997) reported the members of the genus are not often attracted to lights.

See Also

Elachista aurocristata has the forewing spots but they are faint and brownish. (Kaila 1997).

Print References

Busck, A., 1908. Descriptions of some new microlepidoptera from Pennsylvania. The Canadian Entomologist, 196.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group (1)

University of Alberta E.H. Strickland Entomological Museum

Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (2)

Works Cited

1.	North American Moth Photographers Group

2.	BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems

Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 7 August, 2013 - 7:10pm
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 1:45pm

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