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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. alpinella
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Binomial name | |
Elachista alpinella
Stainton, 1854
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Elachista alpinella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and North America.
The wingspan is 9–13 millimetres (0.35–0.51 in) The head is fuscous, whitish-sprinkled. Forewings are dark fuscous, basal area in female sometimes pale ; a somewhat curved fascia before middle, in male obsolete towards costa, an erect triangular tornal spot, and a similar spot on costa beyond it white, in female larger.Hindwings are dark grey. [1]
The moth flies from June through to September. [2]
The larvae feed on acute sedge ( Carex acuta), lesser pond-sedge ( Carex acutiformis), greater tussock-sedge ( Carex paniculata) and greater pond sedge ( Carex riparia), mining the leaves of their host.
It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to central Russia and Hungary. [3] It is also found in North America. [4]
Elachista alpinella | |
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Scientific classification
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Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. alpinella
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Binomial name | |
Elachista alpinella
Stainton, 1854
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Synonyms | |
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Elachista alpinella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and North America.
The wingspan is 9–13 millimetres (0.35–0.51 in) The head is fuscous, whitish-sprinkled. Forewings are dark fuscous, basal area in female sometimes pale ; a somewhat curved fascia before middle, in male obsolete towards costa, an erect triangular tornal spot, and a similar spot on costa beyond it white, in female larger.Hindwings are dark grey. [1]
The moth flies from June through to September. [2]
The larvae feed on acute sedge ( Carex acuta), lesser pond-sedge ( Carex acutiformis), greater tussock-sedge ( Carex paniculata) and greater pond sedge ( Carex riparia), mining the leaves of their host.
It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to central Russia and Hungary. [3] It is also found in North America. [4]