Elachista synethes
Encyclopedia
Elachista synethes is a moth
of the Elachistidae
family. It is found in Australia
and New Zealand
.
The wingspan
is 6-8 mm for males and 6.2-8 mm for females.
The larvae feed on a wide range of grasses, including Bromus unioloides and have also been recorded on wheat. They mine
the blades of their host plant. The mine has the form of an elongate blotch mine. Full-grown larvae leave the mine to pupate in a loose cocoon.
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 Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
and New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
.
The wingspan
Wingspan
The wingspan of an airplane or a bird, is the distance from one wingtip to the other wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777 has a wingspan of about ; and a Wandering Albatross caught in 1965 had a wingspan of , the official record for a living bird.The term wingspan, more technically extent, is...
is 6-8 mm for males and 6.2-8 mm for females.
The larvae feed on a wide range of grasses, including Bromus unioloides and have also been recorded on wheat. They mine
Leaf miner
Leaf miner is a term used to describe the larvae of many different species of insect which live in and eat the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths , sawflies and flies , though some beetles and wasps also exhibit this behavior.Like Woodboring beetles, leaf...
the blades of their host plant. The mine has the form of an elongate blotch mine. Full-grown larvae leave the mine to pupate in a loose cocoon.