Elachista pollutella

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Elachista pollutella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. pollutella
Binomial name
Elachista pollutella
Duponchel, 1843[1]

Elachista pollutella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from France and Belgium to Ukraine and from Germany to Italy, Hungary and Romania. It has also been recorded from Greece.

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Elymus hispidus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

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