Elachista galactitella

Elachista galactitella
Elachista galactitella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. galactitella
Binomial name
Elachista galactitella
(Eversmann, 1844)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oecophora galactitella Eversmann, 1844
  • Elachista galacticella
  • Elachista bustilloi Traugott-Olsen, 1988

Elachista galactitella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in the Alps in Spain, France, Switzerland and Italy as well as Russia.

There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Stipa pennata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ bladmineerders.nl
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