Elachista obliquella
Species of moth
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Elachista obliquella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. obliquella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista obliquella Stainton, 1854 | |
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Description
The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in).The head is ochreous- whitish. Antennae whitish-ringed. Forewings light grey, irrorated with blackish;a nearly straight central whitish fascia, sometimes ochreous tinged, in male slenderer and sometimes interrupted; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings are grey. The larva is grey-greenish; head pale brown; 2 with two brown spots.[1] [2][3]
Biology
Adults are on wing from April to July and again in August in two generations per year.[4]
Distribution
It is found from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Ukraine. It is also found in Russia.
