Flax elachista

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Noctuoidea

Superregnum: Eukaryota Cladus: Unikonta Cladus: Opisthokonta Cladus: Holozoa Regnum: Animalia Subregnum: Eumetazoa Cladus: Bilateria Cladus: Nephrozoa Cladus: Protostomia Cladus: Ecdysozoa Cladus: Panarthropoda Phylum: Arthropoda 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 Cladus: Obtectomera Cladus: Macroheterocera Superfamilia: Noctuoidea

Familia: Micronoctuidae
Subfamilia: Tentaxinae
Genus: Flax
Species: Flax elachista

Name

Flax elachista (Fletcher, 1957)

Type locality: Solomon Is., Rennell Isl., Kasipa Hill, c. 300 ft.

Holotype: BMNH. male ♂. genitalia slide D.S. Fletcher no. 653. 29.X.1953. leg. J.D. Bradley.

Synonyms

• Anachrostis elachista Fletcher, 1957 (original combination)
• Flax elachista (Fletcher, 1957): Fibiger, 2011: 89

References

Primary references

• Fletcher, D.S. 1957. Macroheterocera of Rennell Island. In T. Wolff, the Natural History of Rennell Island, British Solomon Islands. 1-234. Reference page. 

Additional references

• Fibiger, M. 2011. Revision of the Micronoctuidae (Lepidoptera: Noctuoidea). Part 4, Taxonomy of the subfamilies Tentaxinae and Micronoctuinae. Zootaxa 2842: 1–188. Preview Reference page.