Elachista melanthes

Species of moth

Elachista melanthes

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Elachistidae
Genus:  | Elachista
Species:  |

E. melanthes

Binomial name
Elachista melanthes

(Meyrick, 1887)

Synonyms

* Atalopsycha melanthes Meyrick, 1887

Elachista melanthes is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the temperate areas of Australia, including south-western Western Australia, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales.[1]

The larvae feed on Lepidosperma semiteres. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

## References[edit]

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1. ^ Lauri Kaila (7 June 2011). Elachistine Moths of Australia: Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae. Vol. 11\. CSIRO. p. 95\. ISBN 9780643103054. `{{cite book}}`: `|work=` ignored (help)

Taxon identifiers

Atalopsycha melanthes|

* Wikidata: Q5352845
* AFD: Elachista_(Atachia)_melanthes
* CoL: 99GJZ
* EoL: 958318
* GBIF: 1829276
* IRMNG: 10261386
* LepIndex: 128564

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