Elachista trapeziella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. trapeziella
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Binomial name | |
Elachista trapeziella | |
Synonyms | |
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Elachista trapeziella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in). The head is grey, face white.Forewings are blackish ; a spot on fold towards base, one on middle of costa and another beneath it on fold, in female larger and sometimes confluent, a fourth on tornus, and a fifth at apex shining white. Hindwings are dark fuscous. The larva is greenish-grey, faintly reddish tinged. [2]
Adults are on wing from June to August. [3]
The larvae feed on white wood-rush ( Luzula luzuloides), hairy wood-rush ( Luzula pilosa) and greater wood-rush ( Luzula sylvatica). They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. [4] They are pink with three cream-coloured length lines and a black head. Larvae can be found from autumn to April or June of the following year. [5]
It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to Slovakia.
Elachista trapeziella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. trapeziella
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Binomial name | |
Elachista trapeziella | |
Synonyms | |
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Elachista trapeziella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in). The head is grey, face white.Forewings are blackish ; a spot on fold towards base, one on middle of costa and another beneath it on fold, in female larger and sometimes confluent, a fourth on tornus, and a fifth at apex shining white. Hindwings are dark fuscous. The larva is greenish-grey, faintly reddish tinged. [2]
Adults are on wing from June to August. [3]
The larvae feed on white wood-rush ( Luzula luzuloides), hairy wood-rush ( Luzula pilosa) and greater wood-rush ( Luzula sylvatica). They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. [4] They are pink with three cream-coloured length lines and a black head. Larvae can be found from autumn to April or June of the following year. [5]
It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to Slovakia.