Elachista nuraghella
| Elachista nuraghella | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukarya |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. nuraghella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista nuraghella Amsel, 1951[1] | |
Elachista nuraghella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula and Sardinia, Sicilia, Malta and in France, Italy and Austria. It is also found in Algeria and Tunisia. Records from Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey refer to Elachista grotenfelti.
Adults are unicolorous white or creamy white with variably paler or darker grey hindwings.
The larvae feed on Dasypyrum villosum.[2]
References
- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Kaila, L. & Mutanen, M., 2012: DNA barcoding and morphology support the division of Elachista nuraghella sensu auctorum (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae: Elachistinae) into two vicariant species, Zootaxa 3343: 57–68.