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Typical Grass Miner Moths
Elachista
Elachista is a genus of gelechioid moths described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1833. It is the type genus of the grass-miner moth family (Elachistidae). This family is sometimes (in particular in older sources) circumscribed very loosely, including for example the Agonoxenidae and Ethmiidae which seem to be quite distinct among the Gelechioidea, as well as other lineages which are widely held to be closer to Oecophora than to Elachista and are thus placed in the concealer moth family Oecophoridae here.
These grass-miners are very small moths with the "feathery" hindwings characteristic of their family. They are essentially found worldwide, except in very cold places and on some oceanic islands; as usual for Gelechioidea, they are most common in the Palearctic however. They usually have at least one, sometimes as many as three light bands running from leading to trailing edge of their forewing uppersides. Some species, however, have upper forewings that are mostly white.
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Elachista
subgenusElachista
Aphelosetia
subgenusAphelosetia
Atachia
subgenusAtachia
Dibrachia
subgenusDibrachia
Elachista chloropepla
speciesElachista chloropepla
Elachista occidentella
speciesElachista occidentella
Elachista multipunctella
speciesElachista multipunctella
Elachista imbi
speciesElachista imbi
Elachista hallini
speciesElachista hallini
Elachista contisella
speciesElachista contisella
Elachista clintoni
speciesElachista clintoni
Hemiprosopa
subgenusHemiprosopa
Elachista petalistis
speciesElachista petalistis
Elachista oxycrates
speciesElachista oxycrates
Elachista macrocerella
speciesElachista macrocerella
Elachista longispina
speciesElachista longispina
Elachista ladiniella
speciesElachista ladiniella
Elachista cordata
speciesElachista cordata
Elachista chelonitis
speciesElachista chelonitis
Elachista arundinella
speciesElachista arundinella
Elachista purella
speciesElachista purella
Elachista agelensis
speciesElachista agelensis
Elachista amparoae
speciesElachista amparoae
Elachista bazaella
speciesElachista bazaella
Elachista bengtssoni
speciesElachista bengtssoni
Elachista blancella
speciesElachista blancella
Elachista catalunella
speciesElachista catalunella
Elachista cuencaensis
speciesElachista cuencaensis
Elachista olemartini
speciesElachista olemartini
Elachista pocopunctella
speciesElachista pocopunctella
Elachista povolnyi
speciesElachista povolnyi
Elachista rikkeae
speciesElachista rikkeae
Elachista rissaniensis
speciesElachista rissaniensis
Elachista senecai
speciesElachista senecai
Elachista skulei
speciesElachista skulei
Elachista steueri
speciesElachista steueri
Elachista svenssoni
speciesElachista svenssoni
Elachista wadielhiraensis
speciesElachista wadielhiraensis
Elachista vivesi
speciesElachista vivesi
Elachista veletaella
speciesElachista veletaella
Elachista totanaensis
speciesElachista totanaensis
Elachista toveella
speciesElachista toveella
Elachista vanderwolfi
speciesElachista vanderwolfi
Elachista minusculella
speciesElachista minusculella
Elachista gebzeensis
speciesElachista gebzeensis
Elachista gerdmaritella
speciesElachista gerdmaritella
Elachista gielisi
speciesElachista gielisi
Elachista intrigella
speciesElachista intrigella
Elachista michelseni
speciesElachista michelseni
Elachista melancholica
speciesElachista melancholica
Elachista manni
speciesElachista manni
Elachista karsholti
speciesElachista karsholti
Elachista lerauti
speciesElachista lerauti
Elachista louiseae
speciesElachista louiseae
Elachista luqueti
speciesElachista luqueti
Elachista madridensis
speciesElachista madridensis
Elachista cahorsensis
speciesElachista cahorsensis
Elachista heinemanni
speciesElachista heinemanni
Elachista fabarella
speciesElachista fabarella
Elachista colouratella
speciesElachista colouratella
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Elachista in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173675.