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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. diederichsiella
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Binomial name | |
Elachista diederichsiella E. Hering, 1889
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Elachista diederichsiella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Carpathian Mountains, and from France to central Russia. [1] It is also found in North America. [2]
The wingspan is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in). Adults are on wing from June to August. [3]
The larvae feed on Holcus mollis and Milium effusum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. [4] Larvae can be found from April to May. They are dirty yellowish green with a dark brown head.
Elachista diederichsiella | |
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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. diederichsiella
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Binomial name | |
Elachista diederichsiella E. Hering, 1889
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Elachista diederichsiella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Alps and Carpathian Mountains, and from France to central Russia. [1] It is also found in North America. [2]
The wingspan is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in). Adults are on wing from June to August. [3]
The larvae feed on Holcus mollis and Milium effusum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. [4] Larvae can be found from April to May. They are dirty yellowish green with a dark brown head.