Biology:Elachista tengstromi
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Short description: Species of moth
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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. tengstromi
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| Elachista tengstromi Kaila, Bengtsson, Sulcs & Junnilainen, 2001
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Elachista tengstromi is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and Japan. The moth was formerly considered to be a form of Elachista regificella.[1]
Description
The wingspan is 7–9.3 millimetres (0.28–0.37 in).
The larvae feed on hairy wood-rush (Luzula pilosa). They form a strongly contracted upper-surface tentiform mine, generally in the lower third of the leaf, beginning at the leaf base. Mostly, a second or third mine is made which starts at the leaf tip. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[2]
Distribution
It is found from Fennoscandia to Switzerland and Austria, and from Great Britain to Poland .[3] It is also found in Japan .[4]
References
- ↑ Ellis, W N. "Elachista tengstromi Kaila, Bengtsson, Šulcs & Junnilaninen, 2001 small wood-rush dwarf". https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/elachistidae/elachistinae/elachista/elachista-tengstromi/.
- ↑ "Elachista tengstromi Kaila, Bengtsson, Sulcs & Junnilainen, 2001". Bladmineerders.nl. http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/tengstromi/tengstromi.htm.
- ↑ "Elachista (Elachista) tengstromi Kaila, Bengtsson, Sulcs & Junnilainen, 2001". Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=435538.
- ↑ Sugisima, K. (1 Jan 2005). "Japanese Elachista studied by Parenti (1983) (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae): the subgenus Aphelosetia and the gleichenella-, tetragonella-, and bifasciella-groups" (in en). Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 148 (2): 225–246. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000171. ISSN 2211-9434. https://brill.com/view/journals/tve/148/2/article-p225_2.xml.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5352994 entry
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