Elachista afghana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Gelechioidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Amorphea Cladus: Obazoa Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Cladus: Filozoa Cladus: Choanozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: ParaHoxozoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Superphylum: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda Cladus: Mandibulata Cladus: Pancrustacea Cladus: Allotriocarida Subphylum: Hexapoda Classis: Insecta Cladus: Dicondylia Subclassis: Pterygota Infraclassis: Neoptera Cladus: Eumetabola Cladus: Holometabola Superordo: Panorpida Cladus: Amphiesmenoptera Ordo: Lepidoptera Subordo: Glossata Cladus: Coelolepida Cladus: Myoglossata Cladus: Neolepidoptera Infraordo: Heteroneura Cladus: Eulepidoptera Cladus: Ditrysia Cladus: Apoditrysia Superfamilia: Gelechioidea

Familia: Elachistidae
Subfamilia: Elachistinae
Genus: Elachista
Subgenus: Elachista (Aphelosetia)
Species: Elachista afghana

Name

Elachista afghana Parenti, 1981: 54

Type locality: Afghanistan: Paghman, 30 km NW Kabul, 35.62°N, 68.71°E.

Holotype: NHMW. male ♂. 20-22.VII.1963. legit Kasy & Vartian. prep. U. Parenti 1047. Mus. Vind. 11055

References

Primary references

• Parenti, U. 1981a. Nuove specie di Elachistidi paleartici (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). I. Bollettino del Museo di Zoologia dell’Università di Torino 4: 49–64. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Kaila, L. 2019. An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Zootaxa 4632(1): 001–231. DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1. pdf. Reference page. 
• Kaila, L., Nupponen, K. & Sruoga, V. 2025. On species of the Elachista bedellella group (Gelechioidea, Elachistidae, Elachistinae) similar with E. rudectella Stainton, 1851 and E. graeca Parenti, 2002, with descriptions of five new species. Nota Lepidopterologica 48: 103-136. DOI: 10.3897/nl.48.142483. . Reference page.