Elachista canapennella

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Elachista canapennella
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Elachista canapennella
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Elachistidae
Genus:
Elachista
Species:
E. canapennella
Binomial name
Elachista canapennella
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
List
    • Tinea canapennellaHübner, 1813
    • Tinea pulchellaHaworth, 1828
    • Elachista pulchella(Haworth, 1828)
    • Poeciloptilia obscurellaStainton, 1849
    • Poeciloptilia incanellaHerrich-Schäffer, 1855
    • Elachista incanella(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
    • Elachista subobscurellaDoubleday, 1859
    • Poeciloptilia montanellaWocke, 1862
    • Elachista ranenensisStrand, 1919
    • Elachista albimarginellaHering, 1924
    • Elachista postremellaDufrane, 1957

Elachista canapennella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

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Description

The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in). [1] The head is grey, face whitish. Forewings in male pale grey irrorated with black, in female blackish except on basal area; a somewhat oblique fascia before middle, a tornal spot, and triangular costal spot somewhat beyond it in male very indistinct, whitish, almost obsolete, in female broader, white, conspicuous. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellowish-grey ; head pale brown. [2]

Adults are on wing from April to June and from July to September. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on creeping bent ( Agrostis stolonifera ), false oat-grass ( Arrhenatherum elatius ), Avenula pubescens , tufted hairgrass ( Deschampsia cespitosa ), fescue ( Festuca species), creeping soft grass ( Holcus mollis ) and meadow-grass ( Poa ). They mine the leaves of their host. The pupation takes place outside the mine. [3]

Distribution

It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to central Russia. [3]

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References

  1. ↑ "Elachista canapennella". UK Moths. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svgThis article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. 1 2 Ellis, W N. "Elachistacanapennella (Hübner, 1813) little dwarf". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2020.


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