Elachista watti

Elachista watti
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. watti
Binomial name
	Elachista watti; Philpott, 1924

Elachista watti is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Philpott in 1924.[1] It is found in New Zealand.[2]

The wingspan is 7-8.5 mm. The forewings are metallic white with a linear spot of fuscous below the fold at three-fifths and a median fuscous streak from three-fourths to near the apex. The hindwings are greyish-fuscous.[3]

References

Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachista watti". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.
"Elachista". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
Philpott, Alfred (6 June 1924). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 55: 107 – via Papers Past. This article incorporates text by Alfred Philpott available under the CC BY 4.0 license.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachista watti". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 23, 2018.

[2] "Elachista". www.nic.funet.fi. Retrieved 2022-12-07.

[3] Philpott, Alfred (6 June 1924). "Notes and Descriptions of New Zealand Lepidoptera". Transactions and Proceedings of the Royal Society of New Zealand. 55: 107 – via Papers Past. This article incorporates text by Alfred Philpott available under the CC BY 4.0 license.