Elachista litharga Kaila, 2011
 ELACHISTINAE,   GELECHIOIDEA
 
Don Herbison-Evans
(donherbisonevans@yahoo.com)
and
Stella Crossley


(Photo: courtesy of Michael Mulvaney, Melba, Australian Capital Territory)

The adult moths of this species have white forewings, each stippled in grey dots, except for a a white streak along the middle of the wing, a bisected white transverse band. The hindwings are stippled grey. The moths have a wingspan of about 0.6 cm.


oops : no abdomen
Photo: courtesy of Marko Mutanen, University of Oulu,
and Centre for Biodiversity Genomics, University of Guelph.

The species has been found in

  • Australian Capital Territory, and
  • Tasmania.

    Further reading

    Lauri Kaila,
    Elachistine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae),
    Monographs on Australian Lepidoptera Vol. 11,
    CSIRO Publishing, 2011, p. 241.

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    (written 18 January 2026)