Elachista carcharota Kaila, 2011
(also known as Atachia carcharota)
ELACHISTIDAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Cathy Powers, Little Desert, Victoria)

The adult moths of this species have off-white speckled forewings, each with several dark spots. The moths have a wingspan of about 0.6 cm.


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

The species has been found in

  • Victoria, and
  • Western Australia.


    Further reading

    Lauri Kaila,
    Elachistine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Vol. 11,
    CSIRO Publishing, 2011, p. 102.


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    (written 15 July 2022)