Elachista colouratella

Elachista colouratella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. colouratella
Binomial name
Elachista colouratella
Sinev & Sruoga, 1995
Synonyms
  • Elachista coloratella

Elachista colouratella is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995.[1] It is found in Japan and the Russian Far East.

The larvae feed on Carex insaniae. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a full-depth linear blotch.[2]

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