Elachista helia

Elachista helia
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. helia
Binomial name
Elachista helia
Kaila & Sruoga, 2014

Elachista helia is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Kaila and Sruoga in 2014.[1] It is found only on Rhodes in Greece.

The length of the forewings is 3–3.5 mm. The ground colour of the forewings consists of basally pale and distally grey scales forming a mottled appearance. Along the fold, they are pale grey and there is a longitudinal streak extending to two-thirds of the wing length.[2]

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