Biology:Elachista triatomea
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Short description: Species of moth
Elachista triatomea | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. triatomea
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Binomial name | |
Elachista triatomea (Haworth, 1828)
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Elachista triatomea is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in). Head white. Forewings white, with some scattered fuscous scales, especially posteriorly; plical and second discal stigmata black, distinct. Hindwings in male grey, in female grey-whitish.
Adults are on wing from June to July.[1]
The larvae mine the blades of various grasses of Festuca species, including sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina), red fescue (Festuca rubra) and fine-leaf sheep fescue (Festuca tenuifolia).
Distribution
It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Denmark , Germany , Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania.[2]
References
Wikidata ☰ Q5353010 entry
Original source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elachista triatomea.
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