| Elachista serricornis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. serricornis |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista serricornis Stainton, 1854 | |
Elachista serricornis is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
The wingspan is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in). [1] The head is grey, face whitish. Forewings in male grey, in female blackish-grey; plical stigma black, elongate, followed by a white dot; an oblique white triangular costal spot at 2/3; a small indistinct whitish tornal spot somewhat beyond it. Hindwings grey.grey. [2] [3] [4]
The larvae feed on Carex elata , rare spring sedge ( Carex ericetorum ), Carex ferruginea , wood sedge ( Carex sylvatica ), bladder sedge ( Carex vesicaria ), common cottongrass ( Eriophorum angustifolium ), Eriophorum latifolium , hare's-tail cottongrass ( Eriophorum vaginatum ) and Scirpus sylvaticus . [5] [6]
It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to northern Italy and from Ireland to Poland and Hungary. [7]
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