Elachista modesta is a moth

Moth

A moth is an insect closely related to the butterfly, both being of the order Lepidoptera. Moths form the majority of this order; there are thought to be 150,000 to 250,000 different species of moth , with thousands of species yet to be described...

 of the Elachistidae

Elachistidae

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 family. It is found in Greece

Greece

Greece , officially the Hellenic Republic , and historically Hellas or the Republic of Greece in English, is a country in southeastern Europe....

 (Lesbos and Rhodes) and Turkey

Turkey

Turkey , known officially as the Republic of Turkey , is a Eurasian country located in Western Asia and in East Thrace in Southeastern Europe...

.

The wingspan

Wingspan

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 is 8-8.2 mm for males and 8-9.6 mm for females. The forewing ground colour is creamy white, variably irrorated by ochreous brown scales. The hindwings are dark grey above, with paler yellowish
grey fringe scales.

Taxonomy

Elachista modesta was previously treated as a synonym of Elachista catalana

Elachista catalana

Elachista catalana is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, San Marino and Croatia.Adults are large , unicolorous white or creamy white with variably paler or darker grey hindwings....

, but was recently reinstated as a valid species.