Biology:Elachista exactella

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Short description: Species of moth

Elachista exactella
Elachista exactella - female.jpg
Female
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. exactella
Binomial name
Elachista exactella
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Poeciloptilia parvulella Poeciloptilia exactella
  • Herrich-Schaffer 1855 (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
  • Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Elachista spectrella
  • Elachista parvulella Frey, 1885
  • Cosmiotes exactella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Elachista exactella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula, east to Romania, north through France and the Benelux to Fennoscandia, east through central Europe to the Baltic region and northern Russia .[1]

Male

The wingspan is 6–7 millimetres (0.24–0.28 in).

The larvae feed on Deschampsia flexuosa.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q289444 entry