Elachista chelonitis

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| genus = Elachista

| species = chelonitis

| authority = Meyrick, 1909

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• Cleroptila chelonitis

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Elachista chelonitis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in South Africa, Kenya{{aut|Sruoga, V. & J. de Prins}}, 2011: New species of Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Cameroon and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Zootaxa 3008: 1-32. Abstract: [http://www.mapress.com/zootaxa/2011/f/z03008p032f.pdf]. and Malawi.{{cite web |last1=De Prins |first1=J. |last2=De Prins |first2=W. |name-list-style=amp |date=2017 |url=http://www.afromoths.net/species_by_code/ELACCHEL |title=Elachista chelonitis Meyrick, 1909 |website=Afromoths |access-date=December 16, 2017}}[https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Jurate_De_Prins/publication/247879096_The_Elachistinae_(Lepidoptera_Elachistidae)_of_Kenya_with_descriptions_of_eight_new_species/links/0c96051e946094441e000000.pdf The Elachistinae (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) of Kenya with descriptions of eight new species]