Elachista picroleuca (Meyrick, 1921), 2019

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 108

publication ID

https://doi.org/10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1

publication LSID

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scientific name

Elachista picroleuca (Meyrick, 1921)
status

comb. nov.

Elachista picroleuca (Meyrick, 1921) View in CoL , comb. nov.

Illantis picroleuca Meyrick, 1921b: 187 View in CoL . Type locality: Java, Pekalongan ( Meyrick 1921b: 187). Holotype #m, in RNHL.

Subgenus: Elachista View in CoL ; saccharella species group.

Distribution: Oriental. Indonesia (Java).

Larval host plant(s): unknown.

Figs.: No illustrations available.

Remarks. The holotype is without abdomen. Nevertheless, the external appearance is in all respects similar to species of Elachista sg. Elachista . The wing pattern is typical of species of the E. saccharella species group where it is here placed.

Meyrick, E. (1921 b) New Micro-Lepidoptera. Zoologische Mededelingen, Leyden, 8, 145 - 202.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Gelechioidea

Family

Elachistidae

SubFamily

Elachistinae

Genus

Elachista