''Coleotechnites elucidella'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of ...

of the family

Gelechiidae The Gelechiidae are a family of moths commonly referred to as twirler moths or gelechiid moths. They are the namesake family of the huge and little-studied superfamily Gelechioidea, and the family's taxonomy has been subject to considerable d ...

described by William Barnes and

August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 – March 7, 1944) was a Danish-American entomologist with the United States Department of Agriculture's Bureau of Entomology. He is best known for his work with microlepidoptera, of which he described over ...

in 1920. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from

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. The

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is 11–13 mm. The forewings are light gray with three ill-defined and obscure blackish dashes on the costa, one at the basal fourth, one on the middle and one at the apical third. These black dashes are edged with white and are faintly continued across the wing, the first as an outwardly oblique narrow and broken fascia, the two others straight across the wing. Each of these fascia is emphasized by tufts of raised black scales, edged with white, two of which on each fascia are larger than the other markings. The hindwings are light fuscous, in males with a large expansive bright yellow hairtuft at the base.''Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America'' 4 (3): 227
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