Elachista hookeri

Elachista hookeri is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by John S. Dugdale in 1971.[1] It is found in New Zealand, where it has been recorded from the Auckland Islands.[2]

Elachista hookeri
Holotype
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. hookeri
Binomial name
Elachista hookeri
(Dugdale, 1971)
Synonyms
  • Irenicodes hookeri Dugdale, 1971

The species has brachypterous males and females.[3]

References

  1. Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Elachista hookeri". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 22, 2018.
  2. Savela, Markku. "Elachista hookeri (Dugdale, 1971)". Lepidoptera and Some Other Life Forms. Retrieved June 8, 2018.
  3. The systematic status of the genera Ilseopsis Povolny, 1965, and Empista Povolny, 1968 (Lepidoptera: Gelechiidae: Gnorimoschemini)


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