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Elachista epimicta

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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|taxon = Elachista epimicta

|authority = Braun, 1948

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  • Elachista purissima Braun, 1948 – Kaila, 1997

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Elachista epimicta is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is widely distributed in the interior of North America, with records from Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, and Saskatchewan in Canada, and Colorado, Illinois, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Dakota, Washington, and Wyoming in the United States.

The length of the forewings is {{convert|4.6|-|7.1|mm}}. They mine grasses.{{cite web |url=http://www.microleps.org/Guide/Elachistidae/index.html |title=Family Elachistidae |work=MicroLeps }} The species overwinters in the larval form.

References

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{{cite web |url=http://bugguide.net/node/view/725557 |title=Species Elachista epimicta - Hodges#1081 |work=Bug Guide |access-date=24 November 2024 }}

{{cite journal|author=Kaila, L.|year=1997|title=A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae) |journal=Acta Zoologica Fennica |volume=206 |pages=1–93 |url= }}

{{cite web |url=https://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1081 |title=591395 – 1081 – Elachista epimicta Braun, 1948 |work=Digital Guide to Moth Identification |publisher=Moth Photographers Group, Mississippi Entomological Museum |access-date=24 November 2024 }}

{{cite web |url=https://nic.funet.fi/pub/sci/bio/life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/elachistidae/elachistinae/elachista/#epimicta |title=Elachista Treitschke, 1833 |author=Savela, Markku |work=Lepidoptera and some other life forms |access-date=24 November 2024}}

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epimicta

Category:Moths of North America

Category:Lepidoptera of Canada

Category:Lepidoptera of the United States

Category:Moths described in 1948

Category:Taxa named by Annette Frances Braun