Elachista freyerella

Elachista freyerella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. freyerella
Binomial name
Elachista freyerella (Hübner, [1825])
Synonyms
Antispila freyerella Hübner, [1825] Cosmiotes freyerella (Hübner, [1825]) Tinea nigrella Hübner, [1805] nec Fabricius, 1775 Elachista tristictella Nylander, [1848] 1847 Elachista bistictella Tengström, [1848] 1847 Elachista aridella Heinemann, 1854 Elachista gregsoni Stainton, 1855 Elachista incertella Frey, 1859 Poeciloptilia grisescens Wocke, 1862 Elachista gregsonella Morris, 1870 Elachista sublimis Frey, 1866 Cosmiotes nigrella auct., nec Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Cosmiotes scopulicola Braun, 1948 Elachista arundinella Zeller, 1850

Elachista freyerella is a moth of the Elachistidae family that is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.^[1] It is also found in North America.^[2]

Two mined leaf blades of a Poa species

Larva

The wingspan is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in).

The larvae feed on Agrostis, Bromus, Dactylis, Festuca arundinacea, Festuca rubra, Holcus, Koeleria cristata, Poa annua, Poa badensis, Poa nemoralis, Poa pratensis, Poa trivialis, Trisetum fuscum and Triticum. The larvae create a mine consisting of a long, flat, whitish, relatively broad corridor descending from the leaf tip. A single larva may make several mines during its lifetime. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.^[3]

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