Elachista exaula

Elachista exaula is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Meyrick in 1889.^[1] It is found in New Zealand.^[2]

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. The forewings are pale whitish-ochreous, irrorated with grey, more closely and suffusedly on the costa and more yellowish-tinged in the disc. There is a slender black median streak from near the base to before the middle and a black elongate dot in the disc above the middle, and a second, larger and more distinctly elongate, below it. There is also a slender black median streak from two-thirds to near the apex. The hindwings are grey.^[3]

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