Elachista pusillella

Elachista pusillella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. pusillella
Binomial name
Elachista pusillella
(Sinev & Sruoga, 1995)
Synonyms
  • Biselachista pusillella Sinev & Sruoga, 1995

Elachista pusillella is a moth in the Elachistidae family. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995.[1] It is found in south-eastern Siberia[2] and Japan.

The larvae feed on Carex pauciflora. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear full-depth mine.[3]

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