Elachista dispunctella

Elachista dispunctella
Elachista dispunctella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. dispunctella
Binomial name
Elachista dispunctella
(Duponchel, 1843)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oecophora dispunctella Duponchel, 1843

Elachista dispunctella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Fennoscandia, the Benelux, Portugal, Great Britain, Ireland and Iceland.

Adults are on wing from April to May and again from July to August.

The larvae feed on Festuca species[2], including Festuca ovina and Festuca duriuscula. They mine the blades of their host plant. Larvae can be found from April to May and again from June to July.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ lepidoptera.pl
  3. ^ lepiforum.de
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