Elachista Research Articles

Definition of the Elachista puplesisi Sruoga complex (Lepidoptera, Gelechioidea, Elachistidae), with description of a new species.

The Elachista puplesisi group is defined. Its characterization is based on two species, E. puplesisi Sruoga, 2000, known from the holotype collected in Turkmenistan and E. helia sp. nov., from Rhodos, Greece. The group is assigned to the subgenus Atachia of Elachista, but its affinities within Atachia remain unknown.

The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species

No Elachistinae have ever been recorded from Kenya. Here, we present nine taxa, including the descriptions of eight new species: Elachista brevis sp. n., E. kakamegensis sp. n., E. longispina sp. n., E. planca sp. n., Perittia falciferella sp. n., P. gnoma sp. n., P. spatulata sp. n., and P. tantilla sp. n. The new species are diagnosed and illustrated with drawings and photographs of the adults and genitalia. Elachista chelonitis Meyrick is reported for the first time from Kenya. The genus Cleroptila Meyrick is considered to be a synonym of Elachista Treitschke (syn. n.) and Gautengia Kemal & Koçak a synonym of Perittia Stainton (syn. n.). A checklist of Afrotropical Elachistinae is presented.

Redescription of the type specimens of the Elachista freyerella species-group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) from India and Sri Lanka

Five species of the Elachista freyerella species-group from India and Sri Lanka are redescribed based on their types; their genitalia are figured for the first time.

A revision of the Elachista praelineata-group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) in Japan, with comments on morphology of the pupa in Elachista

A revision of the Elachista praelineata-group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) in Japan, with comments on morphology of the pupa in Elachista

<i>Elachista fuscofrontella</i> Sruoga (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) from Estonia, new to Europe, with description of the female

Elachista fuscofrontella Sruoga, previously known only from a single male from the Russian Far East, is now reported from Estonia. Diagnoses and descriptions of both sexes are presented.

On the status of the genera Irenicodes Meyrick, 1919 and Euproteodes Viette, 1954 (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)

AbstractSynonymy between Irenicodes Meyrick, 1919 and Euproteodes Viette, 1954 is confirmed. Both genera are placed in synonymy with Elachista Treitschke, 1833.

XXII. Synopsis of the Genus Elachista

XXII. <i>Synopsis of the Genus</i> Elachista

V. On Elachista æratella, Zeller, and several Species with which it is likely to be confounded.

V. <i>On</i> Elachista æratella, <i>Zeller, and several Species with which it is likely to be confounded.</i>