Biology:Elachista triatomea

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Short description: Species of moth

Elachista triatomea
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Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. triatomea
Binomial name
Elachista triatomea
(Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
  • Porrectaria triatomea Haworth, 1828
  • Elachista dispilella Zeller, 1839 sensu Stainton, 1849
  • Elachista triatomella Morris, 1870

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