| Elachista cingillella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. cingillella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista cingillella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)[1] |
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Elachista cingillella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and Russia to the Pyrenees and Alps and from Great Britain to Romania.
The wingspan is 8.5-10 mm. Adults have been recorded in May.[2]
The larvae feed on Bromus erectus, Dichanthium ischaemum and Milium effusum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a gradually widening gallery in the base of the blade. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3] Larvae can be found from September to April and again from June to early August. Larvae of the first generation overwinter within the mine. They are dark olive green.