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Elachista adscitella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. adscitella
Binomial name
Elachista adscitella
Stainton, 1851 [1]
Synonyms
  • Elachista (Aphelosetia) revinctella auct.

Elachista adscitella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

Description

The wingspan is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in). [2]

The larvae feed on false-brome ( Brachypodium sylvaticum), Carex elata, a bunch grass ( Calamagrostis arundinacea), tufted hair-grass ( Deschampsia cespitosa), wavy hair-grass ( Deschampsia flexuosa), bearded couch ( Elymus caninus), Festuca altissima, Festuca drymeja, giant fescue ( Festuca gigantea), mountain melick ( Melica nutans), wood mellick ( Melica uniflora), wood millett ( Milium effusum), Phleum species, broad-leaved meadow-grass ( Poa chaixii), Poa remota, Sesleria albicans, Sesleria argentea, blue moor-grass ( Sesleria caerulea) and Sesleria sadlerana. [3]

Distribution

It is found in all of Europe, except Iceland, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Lithuania.

References

  1. ^ "Elachista (Aphelosetia) adscitella Stainton, 1851". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Elachista adscitella". UK Moths. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Elachista adscitella Stainton, 1851". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
Mined leaf of Sesleria caerulea
Larva


From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Elachista adscitella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. adscitella
Binomial name
Elachista adscitella
Stainton, 1851 [1]
Synonyms
  • Elachista (Aphelosetia) revinctella auct.

Elachista adscitella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

Description

The wingspan is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in). [2]

The larvae feed on false-brome ( Brachypodium sylvaticum), Carex elata, a bunch grass ( Calamagrostis arundinacea), tufted hair-grass ( Deschampsia cespitosa), wavy hair-grass ( Deschampsia flexuosa), bearded couch ( Elymus caninus), Festuca altissima, Festuca drymeja, giant fescue ( Festuca gigantea), mountain melick ( Melica nutans), wood mellick ( Melica uniflora), wood millett ( Milium effusum), Phleum species, broad-leaved meadow-grass ( Poa chaixii), Poa remota, Sesleria albicans, Sesleria argentea, blue moor-grass ( Sesleria caerulea) and Sesleria sadlerana. [3]

Distribution

It is found in all of Europe, except Iceland, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Lithuania.

References

  1. ^ "Elachista (Aphelosetia) adscitella Stainton, 1851". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Elachista adscitella". UK Moths. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  3. ^ "Elachista adscitella Stainton, 1851". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
Mined leaf of Sesleria caerulea
Larva



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