Elachista cana Braun 1920

Elachista cana Braun (Fig. 87.)
1920. Elachista cana Braun, Ohio Journ. Sci., xx, 172. Type S, Tolland, Colorado [A. F. B. Coll.].
Head white ; palpi white, shaded with fuscous beneath ; antennae white, shading to dark fuscous at tip. Thorax and fore wings dull white. Base of costa fuscous ; wing slightly dusted with pale ocherous fuscous-tipped scales, which, when not too sparse, are seen to be arranged in three lines, one below costa from basal third and running into the cilia at apical third, a second along middle of fold and passing upward and outward nearly to apex, a third below the fold and running into it near the margin. Apex of the wing sometimes faintly ocherous tinged and with a few minute dark specks in the extreme apex. Cilia white with a slightly darker bar opposite the dusted apex. Hind wings pale gray, cilia darker. Legs white, tarsi fuscous. Abdomen fuscous above, white beneath.
Alar expanse : 8.5 to 9.5 mm.
Male genitalia ( fig. 87) : uncus lobes rather small, widely separated, the space between them quadrate, and wider than long ; gnathos ovoid ; sacculus processes broad ; anellus narrow, its lobes tapering, transversely wrinkled ; vinculum produced in a blunt lobe; aedeagus tapering, cornutus a short spine.
Specimens examined : 5 <J .
Colorado : Tolland, 9000 feet, $ type, 2 S paratypes, August 10, 1919 ; Sangre de Cristo Mountains, Alpine Lodge, 8800 feet, 2 $, July 6 and July 11. 1934 [A. F. B. Coll.].
Food plant and early stages unknown.
The white ground color and the lines of darker scales separate this species from all others of this section of the genus, except the following species, in which however, the scales of the ground color are minutely gray-tipped.

Elachista cana is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Arizona, Colorado and Alberta.

The wingspan is 8.5-9.5 mm. The forewings are dull white. The base of the costa is fuscous and the wing is slightly dusted with pale ocherous fuscous-tipped scales. The hindwings are pale gray. Adults have been recorded on wing in June.