Elasmopalpus angustellus
| Elasmopalpus angustellus | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pyralidae |
| Subfamily: | Phycitinae |
| Genus: | Elasmopalpus |
| Species: | E. angustellus
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| Binomial name | |
| Elasmopalpus angustellus Blanchard, 1852
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Elasmopalpus angustellus is a species of snout moths in the diverse subfamily Phycitinae. It was described by Émile Blanchard in 1852.
Elasmopalpus lignosellus has been considered a synonym of E. lignosellus. Clarke (1965), however, re-investigated the two species and found E. angustellus to be a separate species that is confined to Chile and the Juan Fernández Islands, with material from Brazil, Argentina, Mexico and North America correctly assigned to E. lignosellus.