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Elachista purissima

Wikipedia Abstract

Elachista epimicta is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Alberta, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Colorado, Illinois, Ohio and South Dakota. The length of the forewings is 4.6–7.1 millimetres (0.18–0.28 in). The costa in the basal 1/6 of the forewings is grey. The ground colour is white, with a variable amount of dirty yellowish tinge and often dusted with light grey tips of scales. There is often an indistinct dark brownish grey spot in the middle of the wing at the fold and another similar spot at 2/3 of the wing. The hindwings are grey and the underside of the wings is grey.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0