Elachista squamosella

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

Elachista squamosella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Germany and the Ukraine to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Greece. It is also found in Russia.

The wingspan is 8-9 mm.^[2]

The larvae feed on Carex montana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3]

References

1. ^ Fauna Europaea
2. ^ Elachista squamosella - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě
3. ^ bladmineerders.nl

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