Elachista adscitella
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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. adscitella
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Elachista adscitella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description[edit]
The wingspan is 9–11 millimetres (0.35–0.43 in). Adults are pale grey with a whitish head and a white transverse line across the center of the forewing. They are on wing from May to July and again in August in two generations per year.[2]
The larvae feed on false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), Carex elata, a bunch grass (Calamagrostis arundinacea), tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa), wavy hair-grass (Deschampsia flexuosa), bearded couch (Elymus caninus), Festuca altissima, Festuca drymeja, giant fescue (Festuca gigantea), mountain melick (Melica nutans), wood mellick (Melica uniflora), wood millett (Milium effusum), Phleum species, broad-leaved meadow-grass (Poa chaixii), Poa remota, Sesleria albicans, Sesleria argentea, blue moor-grass (Sesleria caerulea) and Sesleria sadlerana. They mine the leaves of their host plant which consists of a gradually widening corridor. It may run up- or down-wards. The frass is deposited in the first part of the mine. Two to three larvae may occupy a single mine and more than one mine may be found in a single leaf.[3] Larvae can be found from October to the end of May and from mid June to the end of July. Larvae of the first generation hibernate inside the mine.
Distribution[edit]
It is found in all of Europe, except Iceland, the Balkan Peninsula, Ukraine and Lithuania.
References[edit]
- ^ "Elachista (Aphelosetia) adscitella Stainton, 1851". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Elachista adscitella". UK Moths. Retrieved 3 March 2020.
- ^ "Elachista adscitella Stainton, 1851". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on April 19, 2012. Retrieved September 7, 2011.
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