Elachista

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For the genus of Chordariaceae brown algae, see Elachista (alga). As invalidly described by V. Kollar in 1832, Elachista refers to the Lyonetiidae moth genus Lyonetia.

Elachista
Adult
IJmuiden
, the Netherlands
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Subfamily:
Elachistinae
Genus: Elachista
Treitschke in Ochsenheimer, 1833
Type species
Elachista bifasciella
Treitschke in Ochsenheimer, 1833
Species

Numerous, see text

Synonyms

Numerous, see text

Elachista is a

concealer moth family Oecophoridae here.[2]

These grass-miners are very small moths with the "

Palearctic however. They usually have at least one, sometimes as many as three light bands running from leading to trailing edge of their forewing uppersides. Some species, however, have upper forewings that are mostly white.[3]

Selected species

Not all

cryptic species complexes – such as the one around E. dispunctella and E. triseriatella – whose systematics and taxonomy are still not fully resolved.[4]

A number of Elachista species have been assigned to one of several groups, which may or may not be

paraphyletic if accepted as distinct, but seem too unlike them to warrant placement in either.[5]

Subgenus Elachista (Aphelosetia)

argentella group (sometimes in bedellella group)

Tvärminne, Hanko Peninsula
, Finland

bedellella/unifasciella group (including collitella group)

Elachista (Aphelosetia) incertae sedis

Subgenus Elachista (Atachia)

These are sorted in the presumed phylogenetic sequence.[7]

gerasmia group, gerasmia section

gerasmia group, catarata section

erebophthalma group

puplesisi group

Subgenus Elachista (Hemiprosopa)

Subgenus Elachista (Elachista)

Adult female Elachista apicipunctella specimen from Sonkajärvi (Finland)
Adult Elachista maculicerusella specimen from Hellerup (Denmark)
Adult male Elachista gleichenella specimen from Kangasniemi (Finland)
Adult male Elachista humilis specimen from Sonkajärvi (Finland)
Adult female Elachista exactella specimen from Sonkajärvi, Finland
Adult male Elachista exactella specimen
Adult Elachista synethes specimen ventral

"Cosmiotes"/freyerella group

Adult female Elachista eleochariella specimen from Sonkajärvi (Finland)

tetragonella group

Elachista (Elachista) incertae sedis

Other groups

Some Elachista are divided into groups whose relationships to the two large subgenera requires further study, including:[9]

Incertae sedis

Additional Elachista species are of even more uncertain relationships than usual for this genus:[10]

Placement within Elachista uncertain

Excluded species

The following species are excluded from the genus Elachista, but have not yet been placed in another genus:

Former species

  • Elachista antipodensis (Dugdale, 1971)
  • Elachista arundinella
     (Duponchel, 1843)
  • Elachista megerlella
     (Hubner, 1810)
  • Elachista notosema
     (Meyrick, 1922)
  • Elachista scythrodes
     (Turner, 1947)
  • Elachista tersectella
     Zeller, 1875
  • Elachista toropis
     Meyrick, 1897

Synonyms

Invalid

junior synonyms and others) of Elachista in the circumscription as presented here are:[11]

Footnotes

  1. Wikidata Q86984314
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  2. ^ AEBR (2008), FE (2009)
  3. ^ AEBR (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2008)
  4. ^ Kusdas & Reichl (1973): 194, Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), AEBR (2008), FE (2009), and see references in Savela (2008)
  5. ^ FE (2009), Wikispecies (2009-SEP-27), and see references in Savela (2008)
  6. ^ a b c d See references in Savela (2008)
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k Kaila (2011)
  8. ^ a b Sorted in the presumed phylogenetic sequence (Kaila, 2011).
  9. ^ ABRS (2008), FE (2009), Wikispecies (2009-SEP-27)
  10. ^ Wikispecies (2009-SEP-27), and see references in Savela (2008)
  11. ^ AEBR (2008), FE (2009), Wikispecies (2009-SEP-27), and see references in Savela (2008)

References

Data related to Elachista at Wikispecies

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