Biology:Elachista subalbidella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. subalbidella
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| Elachista subalbidella Schläger, 1847
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Elachista subalbidella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and North America.
Description
The wingspan is 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in).The head is ochreous-yellowish. Forewings are ochreous yellow, towards costa sometimes fuscous-tinged. Hindwings are dark grey.[1]
Biology
Adults are on wing in June.[2]
The larvae mainly feed on purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), but have also been recorded on oatgrass (Arrhenatherum species), tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum), false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), bunch grass (Calamagrostis arundinacea), American beak grass (Diarrhena americana), sedges (Carex species), melic grass (Melica species) and meadow-grass (Poa species). They create a long narrow mine in the blade.
Distribution
It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to Italy and Greece and from Ireland to Romania.[3] It is also found in North America (British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Dakota).[4]
References
- ↑ Meyrick, Edward (1895). "Elachistidae". A Handbook of British Lepidoptera. London: Macmillan. pp. 638–692. http://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis00meyr.
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain:
- ↑ "Elachista subalbidella". UK Moths. https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=621.
- ↑ "Elachista (Aphelosetia) subalbidella Schläger, 1847". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/f8ed13f2-864f-40f4-81a2-cf6350de5b49.
- ↑ "Elachista subalbidella – Schlager, 1847". Moth Photographers Group. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1098.1.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q1958732 entry
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