| Elachista contaminatella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. contaminatella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista contaminatella Zeller, 1847[1] |
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Elachista contaminatella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from France, Austria and Slovakia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia and Sicily. It is also found in Bulgaria and Russia.
The wingspan is about 8 mm.
The larvae feed on Carex distans. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]