| Elachista freyerella | |
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| Species: | E. freyerella |
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| Elachista freyerella (Hübner, [1825]) | |
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Elachista freyerella is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in North America. [1]
The wingspan is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in).The head is dark grey, whitish-sprinkled, face paler or whitish. Forewings are blackish, somewhat paler-sprinkled ; an oblique fascia before middle, in male indistinct and sometimes interrupted, a tornal spot, and an opposite costal spot (appearing together to form a perpendicular interrupted fascia) whitish, in female whiter and more distinct. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellowish-grey ; head black or pale brown ; 2 with two black spots [2]
The larvae feed on bent ( Agrostis species), bromes ( Bromus species), cocksfoot grasses ( Dactylis species), tall fescue ( Festuca arundinacea ), red fescue ( Festuca rubra ), soft grass ( Holcus ), crested hair-grass ( Koeleria macrantha ), annual meadow grass ( Poa annua ), Poa badensis , wood bluegrass ( Poa nemoralis ), common meadow-grass ( Poa pratensis ), rough meadow-grass ( Poa trivialis ), Trisetum ciliare and Triticum . The larvae create a mine consisting of a long, flat, whitish, relatively broad corridor descending from the leaf tip. A single larva may make several mines during its lifetime. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. [3]
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