Elachista gerasimovi

Elachista gerasimovi
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. gerasimovi
Binomial name
	Elachista gerasimovi; Sruoga, 2000

Elachista gerasimovi is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Uzbekistan.

The wingspan is 9 millimetres (0.35 in) for females. The forewings are dark brown with a bronze lustre and golden shining marks. The hindwings are greyish brown, but paler in the basal part.

Etymology

This species is named in honour of Russian entomologist A.M. Gerasimov who has collected the holotype.[1]

References

Virginijus Sruoga (2000). "Three new species of Elachista Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Central Asia" (PDF). Vilnius Pedagogical University. Acta Zoologica Lituanica. 10. ISSN 1392-1657. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-09-27.

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[1] Virginijus Sruoga (2000). "Three new species of Elachista Treitschke (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) from Central Asia" (PDF). Vilnius Pedagogical University. Acta Zoologica Lituanica. 10. ISSN 1392-1657. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2012-04-19. Retrieved 2011-09-27.