Elachista elksourensis

Elachista elksourensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. elksourensis
Binomial name
	Elachista elksourensis; Kaila, 2005

Elachista elksourensis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Atlas Mountains in Tunisia.

The length of the forewings is about 5 millimetres (0.20 in). The forewings are white, irregularly irrorated with black-tipped scales especially in median and distal area. The hindwings are grey with an ochreous white fringe.[1]

References

Lauri Kaila (1992). "A review of Dibrachia Sinev & Sruoga, 1992, a subgenus of Elachista (Elachistidae: Elachistinae)" (PDF). University of Helsinki. Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History. 28: 139–155. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

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[1] Lauri Kaila (1992). "A review of Dibrachia Sinev & Sruoga, 1992, a subgenus of Elachista (Elachistidae: Elachistinae)" (PDF). University of Helsinki. Zoological Museum, Finnish Museum of Natural History. 28: 139–155. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-23. Retrieved 2011-09-27.