| Elachista nitidulella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. nitidulella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista nitidulella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)[1] |
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Elachista nitidulella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Germany to the Alps and from France to Romania.
The larvae feed on Festuca rupicola. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts a very thin corridor. The mine eventually descends and widens. At the end it occupies the entire width of the leaf and all leaf tissue is eaten away.[2] They are pale dull dirty white.