Elachista freyerella

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Elachista freyerella
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. freyerella
Binomial name
Elachista freyerella
(Hübner, [1825])
Synonyms
List
    • Antispila freyerellaHübner, [1825]
    • Cosmiotes freyerella(Hübner, [1825])
    • Tinea nigrellaHübner, [1805] nec Fabricius, 1775
    • Elachista tristictellaNylander, [1848] 1847
    • Elachista bistictellaTengström, [1848] 1847
    • Elachista aridellaHeinemann, 1854
    • Elachista gregsoniStainton, 1855
    • Elachista incertellaFrey, 1859
    • Poeciloptilia grisescensWocke, 1862
    • Elachista gregsonellaMorris, 1870
    • Elachista sublimisFrey, 1866
    • Cosmiotes nigrellaauct., nec Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
    • Cosmiotes scopulicolaBraun, 1948
    • Elachista arundinellaZeller, 1850

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]

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Description

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] [3] [4]

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 . Pupation takes place outside of the mine. [5]

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References

  1. ↑ "Elachista freyerella– (Hübner, 1825)". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  3. ↑ Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland . Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae). Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.
  4. ↑ Fal’kovich;M. .I., 1990 Elachistidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  5. ↑ "Elachista freyerella (Hübner, 1825)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
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Two mined leaf blades of a Poa species
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Larva


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