List of moths of Australia (Elachistidae)
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 Elachistidae
Elachistidae
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. It also acts as an index to the species articles and forms part of the full List of moths of Australia.
  • Genus Elachista
    Elachista
    Elachista is a genus of gelechioid moths. It is the type genus of the grass-miner moth family . This family is sometimes circumscribed very loosely, including for example the Agonoxenidae and Ethmiidae which seem to be quite distinct among the Gelechioidea, as well as other lineages which are...

    • Subgenus Atachia Wocke, 1876
      • erebophthalma group
        • Elachista erebophthalma
          Elachista erebophthalma
          Elachista erebophthalma is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in southernmost Victoria.The wingspan is about 8.8 mm for males. The forewings are pale grey with dark grey tipped scales. The hindwings and fringe scales are grey....

           Meyrick, 1897
        • Elachista evexa
          Elachista evexa
          Elachista evexa is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in New South Wales.The wingspan is about 12 mm for males and 11.4-12 mm for females. The forewings are pale yellowish to greyish white with some scattered grey scales. The hindwings are grey with an ochreous white fringe....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista rhomboidea
          Elachista rhomboidea
          Elachista rhomboidea is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the western coast of Western Australia.The wingspan is about 11.3 mm. The forewings are pale grey, powdered with pale brownish grey-tipped scales. The hindwings and fringes are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista leucastra
          Elachista leucastra
          Elachista leucastra is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Tasmania.The wingspan is about 12 mm. The forewings and hindwings are dark grey....

           (Meyrick, 1906)
      • gerasmia group, catarata section
        • Elachista menura
          Elachista menura
          Elachista menura is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the coastal areas and mountainous areas of New South Wales and Queensland....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista flammula
          Elachista flammula
          Elachista flammula is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory.The wingspan is 9-10.3 mm for males and 6.9-9.3 mm for females. The forewings are yellow, powdered with dark brownish grey-tipped scales in males. The hindwings are grey.The larvae feed on Carex...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista crocospila
          Elachista crocospila
          Elachista crocospila is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in south-eastern New South Wales.The wingspan is 6.6-6.9 mm for males and 7.1-7.8 mm for females. The forewings are blue in males and black with a bronzy sheen and three yellow markings in females. The hindwings are dark grey in...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista glomerella
          Elachista glomerella
          Elachista glomerella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in northern Queensland.The wingspan is 6.6 mm for males and 6.6-8.2 mm for females. The forewings are blue in males and black with a bronzy sheen and three ochreous white markings in females. The hindwings are dark grey in both...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista sphaerella
          Elachista sphaerella
          Elachista sphaerella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the Northern Territory.The wingspan is 5.5-6.6 mm for males and 5.8-7.3 mm for females. The forewings are grey in males and black with a bronzy sheen and three white spots in females. The hindwings are dark grey in both...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista aluta
          Elachista aluta
          Elachista aluta is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in north-eastern Queensland.The wingspan is 9-9.2 mm for males. The forewings are bluish grey and the hindwings are dark grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista sp. nr sphaerella A (south-eastern Queensland)
        • Elachista sp. nr sphaerella B (south-eastern Queensland)
        • Elachista sp. nr sphaerella C (northern Queensland)
        • Elachista sp. nr sphaerella D (northern Queensland)
        • Elachista sapphirella
          Elachista sapphirella
          Elachista sapphirella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in south-eastern New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Victoria....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista patersoniae
          Elachista patersoniae
          Elachista patersoniae is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in south-eastern New South Wales.The wingspan is 6.7-7.5 mm for males and 6.8-8.2 mm for females. The forewings are dark grey. The hindwings are dark brownish grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista catarata
          Elachista catarata
          Elachista catarata is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in eastern New South Wales, the Australian Capital Territory and Tasmania....

           Meyrick, 1897
        • Elachista mutarata
          Elachista mutarata
          Elachista mutarata is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory.The wingspan is 7.6-9.8 mm for males and 8.2-8.8 mm for females. The forewings are basally blue and pale brown. The hindwings are dark grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista laterina
          Elachista laterina
          Elachista laterina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in north-eastern Queensland.The wingspan is 7.5-8.7 mm for males. The forewings are brown. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista ictera
          Elachista ictera
          Elachista ictera is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory and south-eastern New South Wales.The wingspan is 7.9-8.1 mm for males. The forewings are ochreous yellow. The hindwings are pale grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista asperae
          Elachista asperae
          Elachista asperae is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the coast of New South Wales.The wingspan is 8.8-9.2 mm for males and 10.3 mm for females. The forewings are pale grey. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista ophthalma
          Elachista ophthalma
          Elachista ophthalma is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the coast of south-eastern New South Wales.The wingspan is 8.4-9.7 mm for males and 7.8-9.8 mm for females. The forewings are brown, powdered with dark brownish grey-tipped scales. The hindwings are grey.The larvae feed on...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista coalita
          Elachista coalita
          Elachista coalita is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in south-eastern Australia, including the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Tasmania....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista corneola
          Elachista corneola
          Elachista corneola is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Western Australia.The wingspan is 7-8.4 mm for males. The forewings are pale grey. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
      • gerasmia group, gerasmia section
        • Elachista magidina
          Elachista magidina
          Elachista magidina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the coastal forests of New South Wales and the Lamington National Park in southern Queensland....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista floccella
          Elachista floccella
          Elachista floccella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales and Tasmania.The wingspan is 11.2-12.8 mm for males and 9.5-12.4 mm for females. The forewings are creamy white. The hindwings are grey.The larvae feed on both narrow- and...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista velutina
          Elachista velutina
          Elachista velutina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.The wingspan is 10.4-14 mm for males and 11.2-13 mm for females. The forewings are pale grey. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista carcharota
          Elachista carcharota
          Elachista carcharota is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia.The wingspan is 11.6-12.9 mm for males. The forewings are pale grey. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista crenatella
          Elachista crenatella
          Elachista crenatella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in South Australia near Adelaide and on Kangaroo Island.The wingspan is about 11 mm for males. The forewings are bluish grey. The hindwings are pale grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista bidens
          Elachista bidens
          Elachista bidens is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Western Australia.The wingspan is about 10.6 mm for males and 12.7 mm for females. The forewings are blue. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista alampeta
          Elachista alampeta
          Elachista alampeta is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Western Australia.The wingspan is about 9.7 mm for males. The forewings are bluish white. The hindwings are brownish grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista cursa
          Elachista cursa
          Elachista cursa is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the Big Desert in Victoria.The wingspan is about 9.4 mm for males. The forewings are bluish white. The hindwings are brownish grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista eriodes
          Elachista eriodes
          Elachista eriodes is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in New South Wales and on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.The wingspan is about 12.4 mm for males and 12.2 mm for females. The forewings are blue. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista illota
          Elachista illota
          Elachista illota is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in south-western Western Australia.The wingspan is 9.4-11.2 mm for males. The forewings are blue. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista ceratiola
          Elachista ceratiola
          Elachista ceratiola is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found on the Fleurieu Peninsula in South Australia.The wingspan is 12.2 mm for males. The forewings are blue. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista bilobella
          Elachista bilobella
          Elachista bilobella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the southern coast of Western Australia.The wingspan is 10.5 mm for males. The forewings and hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista filiphila
          Elachista filiphila
          Elachista filiphila is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the southern coast of Western Australia.The wingspan is 8.8-9.2 mm for males and 8.6 mm for females. The forewings are bluish grey. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista merista
          Elachista merista
          Elachista merista is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in south-eastern Tasmania and Kangaroo Island in South Australia.The wingspan is about 7 mm for males. The forewings and hindwings are pale....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista lopadina
          Elachista lopadina
          Elachista lopadina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in south-western Western Australia.The wingspan is about 7 mm for males. The forewings are whitish, mottled by pale brownish grey-tipped scales....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista patania
          Elachista patania
          Elachista patania is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the coastal areas of south-western Western Australia.The wingspan is 10.5-11.3 mm for males. The forewings are bluish grey and the hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista indigens
          Elachista indigens
          Elachista indigens is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in New South Wales.The wingspan is 9.4-10 mm for males. The forewings and hindwings are pale grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista sp. nr indigens (Barren Grounds, New South Wales)
        • Elachista averta
          Elachista averta
          Elachista averta is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in eastern New South Wales and Queensland.The wingspan is 9.3-9.9 mm for males. The colour of the forewings varies from creamy white to pale brownish grey. The hindwings are pale grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista anolba
          Elachista anolba
          Elachista anolba is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in southern Tasmania.The wingspan is 9.6-10.7 mm for males. The forewings are pale grey, but somewhat darker grey along the margins. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista flavicilia
          Elachista flavicilia
          Elachista flavicilia is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia.The wingspan is 9-11 mm for males and 9.9-10.7 mm for females. The forewings are rusty brown intermixed with bluish white scales forming irregular longitudinal stripes, except near the margins. The hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista tetraquetri
          Elachista tetraquetri
          Elachista tetraquetri is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista effusi
          Elachista effusi
          Elachista effusi is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista deusta
          Elachista deusta
          Elachista deusta is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista rubiginosae
          Elachista rubiginosae
          Elachista rubiginosae is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista ophelma
          Elachista ophelma
          Elachista ophelma is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista catagma
          Elachista catagma
          Elachista catagma is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista ruscella
          Elachista ruscella
          Elachista ruscella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista sarota
          Elachista sarota
          Elachista sarota is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista syntomella
          Elachista syntomella
          Elachista syntomella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista scopulina
          Elachista scopulina
          Elachista scopulina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista nodosae
          Elachista nodosae
          Elachista nodosae is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista discina
          Elachista discina
          Elachista discina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista melanthes
          Elachista melanthes
          Elachista melanthes is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the temperate areas of Australia, including south-western Western Australia, South Australia, the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales....

           (Meyrick, 1887)
        • Elachista platysma
          Elachista platysma
          Elachista platysma is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia.The wingspan is 7.3-9 mm for males and 7.9-8.7 mm for females. The forewings are bluish grey and the hindwings are grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista stictifica
          Elachista stictifica
          Elachista stictifica is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia.The wingspan is 9.2-10.2 mm for males and 9.2-9.8 mm for females....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista lachnella
          Elachista lachnella
          Elachista lachnella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista sp. A in melanthes complex
      • gerasmia group, gerasmia section, Elachista gerasmia complex
        • Elachista gerasmia
          Elachista gerasmia
          Elachista gerasmia is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia and New Zealand....

           Meyrick, 1889 (Syn: Elachista egena Turner, 1923)
        • Elachista physalodes
          Elachista physalodes
          Elachista physalodes is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista peridiola
          Elachista peridiola
          Elachista peridiola is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista phascola
          Elachista phascola
          Elachista phascola is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
      • gerasmia group, gerasmia section, Elachista paragauda complex
        • Elachista paragauda
          Elachista paragauda
          Elachista paragauda is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista toralis
          Elachista toralis
          Elachista toralis is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista paryphoea
          Elachista paryphoea
          Elachista paryphoea is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista spathacea
          Elachista spathacea
          Elachista spathacea is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista cylistica
          Elachista cylistica
          Elachista cylistica is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista fabarella
          Elachista fabarella
          Elachista fabarella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista etorella
          Elachista etorella
          Elachista etorella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista gladiograpta
          Elachista gladiograpta
          Elachista gladiograpta is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista gladiatrix
          Elachista gladiatrix
          Elachista gladiatrix is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista spongicola
          Elachista spongicola
          Elachista spongicola is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
      • gerasmia group, gerasmia section, Elachista cynopa complex
        • Elachista ligula
          Elachista ligula
          Elachista ligula is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista toryna
          Elachista toryna
          Elachista toryna is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista ascidiella
          Elachista ascidiella
          Elachista ascidiella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista repanda
          Elachista repanda
          Elachista repanda is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista prolatella
          Elachista prolatella
          Elachista prolatella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista protensa
          Elachista protensa
          Elachista protensa is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista campsella
          Elachista campsella
          Elachista campsella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista spinodora
          Elachista spinodora
          Elachista spinodora is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista glossina
          Elachista glossina
          Elachista glossina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista opima
          Elachista opima
          Elachista opima is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista pharetra
          Elachista pharetra
          Elachista pharetra is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista rudicula
          Elachista rudicula
          Elachista rudicula is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista corbicula
          Elachista corbicula
          Elachista corbicula is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista mystropa
          Elachista mystropa
          Elachista mystropa is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista trulla
          Elachista trulla
          Elachista trulla is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista euthema
          Elachista euthema
          Elachista euthema is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista cynopa
          Elachista cynopa
          Elachista cynopa is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in South Australia, Victoria, Tasmania, the Australian Capital Territory and New South Wales....

           Meyrick, 1897
        • Elachista epartica
          Elachista epartica
          Elachista epartica is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia.The wingspan is 10.6-10.8 mm for females. The forewings are pale bluish grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista zeta
          Elachista zeta
          Elachista zeta is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista chilotera
          Elachista chilotera
          Elachista chilotera is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in south-western Western Australia.Adults are ash grey.The larvae feed on Lepidosperma tuberculatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a swollen chamber in the center of the leaf. Pupation takes...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista mundula
          Elachista mundula
          Elachista mundula is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in South Australia, Victoria and Tasmania.The wingspan is 10-11.4 mm for males and 7.8-10.5 mm for females. The forewings are ochreous white and the hindwings are pale grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista listrionea
          Elachista listrionea
          Elachista listrionea is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in New South Wales.The wingspan is about 7 mm for males. The forewings are pale ochreous and the hindwings are pale grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista crumilla
          Elachista crumilla
          Elachista crumilla is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia.The wingspan is 8-10.8 mm for males and 7.8-11.8 mm for females....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista aposematica
          Elachista aposematica
          Elachista aposematica is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista chloropepla
          Elachista chloropepla
          Elachista chloropepla is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Meyrick, 1897
    • Subgenus Elachista
      • Elachista tetragonella group
        • Elachista ensifera
          Elachista ensifera
          Elachista ensifera is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

           Kaila, 2011
      • Elachista bifascialla group s.l.
        • Elachista platina
          Elachista platina
          Elachista platina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the Australian Capital Territory.The larvae feed on Joycea pallida. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is initially straight and narrow, but gradually widens and reaches a length of about 200 mm. The frass is...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista sp. nr platina (Corrigin, Western Australia)
        • 'Elachista sp. bifascialla group (Mount Barrow, Tasmania)
        • Elachista micalis
          Elachista micalis
          Elachista micalis is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from the Pelion Plains to the Pelion Gap area in Tasmania.The wingspan is 5.8-6 mm for males and 6.6 mm for females. The forewings of the males are metallic blue basally with shiny dark bronzy brown scales distally. Females have...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista habrella
          Elachista habrella
          Elachista habrella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the eastern coast of New South Wales and Queensland.The wingspan is 6.2-6.4 mm for males and 5.7-6.4 mm for females. The forewings of the males are metallic blue basally with shiny dark bronzy brown scales distally. Females...

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista scitula
          Elachista scitula
          Elachista scitula is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Victoria.The wingspan is 7 mm for males and 6.8 mm for females. The forewings of the males are metallic blue basally with shiny dark bronzy brown scales distally. Females have similar forewings but have three bluish white...

           Kaila, 2011
      • Elachista orba group
        • Elachista cyanea
          Elachista cyanea
          Elachista cyanea is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the eastern coast form southern Queensland to Burrewarra Point in New South Wales....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista polliae
          Elachista polliae
          Elachista polliae is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Queensland.The wingspan is 5.6-6 mm for males and 6-6.2 mm for females. The forewings are blue basally with black scales distally. The hindwings are dark grey....

           Kaila, 2011
        • Elachista commoncommelinae
          Elachista commoncommelinae
          Elachista commoncommelinae is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the coast of tropical Queensland.The wingspan is 6-6.4 mm for males and 6.2-6.8 mm for females. The forewings are black with a bronzy sheen. The hindwings are dark grey....

           Sugisima & Kaira, 2011
        • Elachista nielsencommelinae
          Elachista nielsencommelinae
          Elachista nielsencommelinae is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found along the northern coast and in the subcoastal areas of the Northern Territory....

           Sugisima & Kaira, 2011
      • Elachista praelineata group
        • Elachista aurita
          Elachista aurita
          Elachista aurita is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the southern parts of the eastern coast of Queensland.The wingspan is 6-6.2 mm for males and 5.8-6.4 mm for females. The forewings of the males are metallic blue basally with shiny dark bronzy brown scales distally. Females have...

           Kaila, 2011
      • Elachista solena group
        • Elachista ignicolor
          Elachista ignicolor
          Elachista ignicolor is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in eastern Queensland and New South Wales.The wingspan is 6-6.2 mm for males and 5.8-6.4 mm for females. The ground colour of the forewings varies from orange brown to mottled brown. The hindwings are dark grey.The larvae feed on...

           Kaila, 2011
      • Elachista freyerella group s.l.
        • Elachista synethes complex
          • Elachista fucosa
            Elachista fucosa
            Elachista fucosa is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the dry interior areas of Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia and Western Australia.The wingspan is 6.4-9 mm. The forewings are pale grey and the hindwings are grey....

             Meyrick, 1922
          • Elachista seductilis
            Elachista seductilis
            Elachista seductilis is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in New South Wales.The wingspan is 7.5-8.1 mm for males and 8-9.5 mm for females. The forewings are pale bluish grey. Females are darker. The hindwings are dark grey....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista synethes
            Elachista synethes
            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....

             Meyrick, 1897 (Syn: Elachista aphanta Turner, 1923, Elachista scrythrodes (Turner, 1947))
          • Elachista strenua
            Elachista strenua
            Elachista strenua is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista sandaraca
            Elachista sandaraca
            Elachista sandaraca is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista helvola
            Elachista helvola
            Elachista helvola is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista delira
            Elachista delira
            Elachista delira is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista sp. in synethes complex
        • Elachista freyerella complex
          • Elachista propera
            Elachista propera
            Elachista propera is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista dieropa
            Elachista dieropa
            Elachista dieropa is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista elaphria
            Elachista elaphria
            Elachista elaphria is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista cycotis
            Elachista cycotis
            Elachista cycotis is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Meyrick, 1897
          • Elachista vitellina
            Elachista vitellina
            Elachista vitellina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista citrina
            Elachista citrina
            Elachista citrina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista cerebrosella
            Elachista cerebrosella
            Elachista cerebrosella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista melina
            Elachista melina
            Elachista melina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista gemadella
            Elachista gemadella
            Elachista gemadella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista ravella
            Elachista ravella
            Elachista ravella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista cerina
            Elachista cerina
            Elachista cerina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista diligens
            Elachista diligens
            Elachista diligens is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista aepsera
            Elachista aepsera
            Elachista aepsera is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista zophosema
            Elachista zophosema
            Elachista zophosema is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             (Turner, 1947)
          • Elachista litharga
            Elachista litharga
            Elachista litharga is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista levipes
            Elachista levipes
            Elachista levipes is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista cerrita
            Elachista cerrita
            Elachista cerrita is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista velox
            Elachista velox
            Elachista velox is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista impiger
            Elachista impiger
            Elachista impiger is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista alacera
            Elachista alacera
            Elachista alacera is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista essymena
            Elachista essymena
            Elachista essymena is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
          • Elachista festina
            Elachista festina
            Elachista festina is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Australia....

             Kaila, 2011
  • Genus Urodeta
    Urodeta
    Urodeta is a genus of moths of the Elachistidae family. The genus was originally assigned to the Momphidae family.-Species:*Urodeta falciferella...

    • Urodeta inusta
      Urodeta inusta
      Urodeta inusta is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in north-western Western Australia.The wingspan is 7.2-7.8 mm for males and 7-7.2 mm for females....

       Kaila, 2011
  • Genus Perittia
    Perittia
    Perittia is a genus of moths of the Elachistidae family.-Species:*Perittia andoi Inoue et al, 1982*Perittia antauges Kaila, 2011*Perittia biloba Sruoga, 1990*Perittia bullatella Chrétien, 1915...

    • Perittia daleris
      Perittia daleris
      Perittia daleris is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Western Australia.The wingspan is 9.8-10.5 mm for males. The ground colour of the forewings is pale bluish grey and the hindwings are grey....

       Kaila, 2011
    • Perittia antauges
      Perittia antauges
      Perittia antauges is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Western Australia.The wingspan is 8.8-10.9 mm for males. The forewings are creamy white and the hindwings are pale grey....

       Kaila, 2011
    • Perittia deroga
      Perittia deroga
      Perittia deroga is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in New South Wales.The wingspan is about 8.8 mm for males. The forewings are creamy white and the hindwings are pale grey....

      Kaila, 2011

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