Elachista albidella
| Elachista albidella | |
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| Elachista albidella | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. albidella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista albidella Nylander, 1848 | |
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Elachista albidella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Hungary and from Ireland to Ukraine.[1] It is also found in North America.
The wingspan is 9–10 millimetres (0.35–0.39 in).
The larvae feed on Calamagrostis arundinacea, Carex acuta, Carex acutiformis, Carex riparia, Deschampsia cespitosa, Deschampsia flexuosa, Eleocharis palustris, Eriophorum angustifolium, Melica nutans, Poa palustris and Scirpus caespitosus.
References
- ↑ "Elachista albidella Nylander, 1848". 2.6.2. Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. Retrieved October 23, 2013.
External links
- Lepidoptera of Sweden
- bladmineerders.nl
- Moth Photographers Group
- Lauri Kaila (January 1, 1996). "Revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista I. The tetragonella group (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae)". Insect Systematics & Evolution (Brill) 27: 217–238.