Elachista juliensis

Elachista juliensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. juliensis
Binomial name
Elachista juliensis Frey, 1870[1]
Synonyms
Elachista freyi Staudinger, 1870 Biselachista ingeborgae Traugott-Olsen, 1994 Elachista klimeschi Traugott-Olsen, 1994

Elachista juliensis is a moth of the Elachistidae family that is found from Germany to Italy and from Switzerland to Slovakia and Hungary.

The larvae feed on Carex humilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a narrow corridor following the midrib that ascends towards the leaf tip. It then turns and descends. Strips of uneaten parenchyma remain along the leaf margin. Most frass is deposited in the oldest part of the mine. Pupation takes place outside of the mine, mostly at the base of the mined leaf.^[2] They are wax-coloured. Larvae can be found from May to early June.

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