Elachista geminatella

Last updated

Contents

Elachista geminatella
Elachista geminatella.JPG
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. geminatella
Binomial name
Elachista geminatella
Synonyms
  • Poeciloptilia geminatellaHerrich-Schaffer, 1855
  • Elachista nieukerkeniTraugott-Olsen, 1995

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

Description

The wingspan is 7.8–9.6 millimetres (0.31–0.38 in). Adults are on wing in July. [2]

The larvae feed on field wood-rush ( Luzula campestris ) and common woodrush ( Luzula multiflora ), mining the leaves of their host plant. [3]

Distribution

It is found from Sweden to Spain and from Great Britain to the Baltic region and Austria. [4]

Related Research Articles

<i>Elachista exactella</i> Species of moth

Elachista exactella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula, east to Romania, north through France and the Benelux to Fennoscandia, east through central Europe to the Baltic region and northern Russia.

<i>Elachista tengstromi</i> Species of moth

Elachista tengstromi is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and Japan. The moth was formerly considered to be a form of Elachista regificella.

<i>Elachista gleichenella</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Elachista nobilella</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Elachista</i> Genus of moths

Elachista is a genus of gelechioid moths described by Georg Friedrich Treitschke in 1833. It is the type genus of the grass-miner moth family (Elachistidae). This family is sometimes circumscribed very loosely, including for example the Agonoxenidae and Ethmiidae which seem to be quite distinct among the Gelechioidea, as well as other lineages which are widely held to be closer to Oecophora than to Elachista and are thus placed in the concealer moth family Oecophoridae here.

<i>Leucoptera lustratella</i> Species of moth

Leucoptera lustratella is a moth in the Lyonetiidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to Belarus and Romania.

<i>Coleophora fuscocuprella</i> Species of moth

Coleophora fuscocuprella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, Albania and Romania and from Ireland to Russia.

<i>Coleophora taeniipennella</i> Species of moth

Coleophora taeniipennella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found in most of Europe.

Coleophora antennariella is a moth of the family Coleophoridae. It is found from Great Britain to Romania, Poland, the Baltic states and northern Russia and from Fennoscandia to France, Italy and Hungary.

<i>Elachista adscitella</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Elachista albifrontella</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Elachista trapeziella</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Elachista tetragonella</i> Species of moth

Elachista tetragonella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to Spain and Italy and from France to Bulgaria.

<i>Elachista scirpi</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Elachista regificella</i> Species of moth

Elachista regificella is a moth of the family Elachistidae, with a restricted distribution in Europe.

<i>Elachista poae</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Elachista pigerella</i> Species of moth

Elachista pigerella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia and Italy. It is also found in Russia and on Cyprus.

<i>Elachista kilmunella</i> Species of moth

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

<i>Elachista cingillella</i> Species of moth

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

References

  1. "Elachista (Elachista) geminatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 7 March 2020.
  2. "Microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
  3. "Elachista geminatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  4. Ellis, W N. "Elachista geminatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) norfolk wood-rush dwarf". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 7 March 2020.