Elachista triatomea
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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. triatomea
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| Elachista triatomea (Haworth, 1828)
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Elachista triatomea is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description[edit]
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[edit]
It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania.[2]
References[edit]
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "38.005 BF611 Elachista triatomea (Haworth, 1828)". UKmoths. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Elachista (Aphelosetia) triatomea (Haworth, 1828)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 14 February 2020.