"Elachista" parvipulvella is a moth of the superfamily Gelechioidea. It was described from Texas.
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| Species: | E. parvipulvella
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| Elachista parvipulvella Chambers, 1875
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Taxonomy edit
The separate condition of the hindwing veins RS and Ml would be unique in Elachistidae and the ventral spurs in tarsal articles are rarely present in Elachista. Based on this, the species has been removed from the family Elachistidae. The abdomen of the holotype is missing, meaning the correct family association of the species cannot currently be established and it is currently placed incertae sedis within the superfamily Gelechioidea.[1]
References edit
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- ^ Kaila, L. 1997. A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 206: 1-93.