Elachista nitidulella

Elachista nitidulella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. nitidulella
Binomial name
Elachista nitidulella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
  • Poeciloptilia nitidulella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855

Elachista nitidulella is a moth of the Elachistidae family that can be found from Germany to the Alps and from France to Romania. It is also found in Russia.[2]

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.[3] They are pale dull dirty white.

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