Elachista demogenes

Elachista demogenes is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1897.^[1] It is found in Australia, where it has been recorded from South Australia.^[2]

Elachista demogenes
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Unassigned
Genus:	Unassigned
Species:	E. demogenes
Binomial name
Elachista demogenes Meyrick, 1897

The wingspan is 7–8 mm (0.28–0.31 in). The forewings are pale grey, irrorated with dark fuscous, sometimes with a suffusion of black irroration towards the dorsum anteriorly and toward the costa posteriorly. The plical and second discal stigmata are black. The hindwings are grey.^[3]: 336

Taxonomy

The species was described in the family Elachistidae, but was excluded from this family in a later study.^[4]

References

1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "​Elachistidae unplaced species demogenes​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
2. Markku Savela, ed. (9 May 2023). "Elachista". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2023-07-15.
3. Meyrick, Edward (1897). "Descriptions of Australian Micro-Lepidoptera". Proceedings of the Linnean Society of New South Wales. 22 (2). Sydney: Linnean Society of New South Wales: 397–435. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
4. Kaila, Lauri (2011-06-07). Elachistine Moths of Australia: (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Csiro Publishing. ISBN 978-0-643-10305-4.