Elachista aluta Kaila, 2011 ELACHISTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA

Don Herbison-Evans (donherbisonevans@yahoo.com) and Stella Crossley

(Photo: courtesy of Graeme Cocks, Townsville, Queensland)

The adult moths of this species have fawn speckled wings, with a bluish mark near the tip of each forewing. The moths have a wingspan of about 0.6 cm.

(Photo: courtesy of CSIRO/BIO Photography Group, Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph)

The species has been found in

Queensland.

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Further reading

Lauri Kaila,
Elachistine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae),
Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Vol. 11,
CSIRO Publishing, 2011, pp. 54, 55, 76-78, 80, 259, 308, 309, including Pl. 2.11; Figs. 117, 118.

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