Elachista olschwangi is a moth of the family Elachistidae that can be found in the Southern Ural Mountains of Russia.

Elachista olschwangi
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. olschwangi
Binomial name
Elachista olschwangi
Kaila, 2003[1]

The wingspan is 10–11.4 mm. The forewing ground colour is creamy white, scattered with raised dark grey tipped scales. There are four indistinctly delimited transverse ochreous brown fasciae across forewings. The hindwings are dark grey with ochreous grey fringe scales.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Elachista (Aphelosetia) olschwangi Kaila, 2003". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 15, 2012. Retrieved November 9, 2013.
  2. ^ Kaila, L., Nupponen, K., Junnilainen, J., Nupponen, T., Kaitila, J.-P. & Olschwang, V. 2003: Contribution to the fauna of Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southern Ural Mountains. - Entomol. Fennica 14: 65–90.