| Elachista subalbidella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. subalbidella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista subalbidella Schläger, 1847 | |
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Elachista subalbidella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and North America.
The wingspan is 10–13 millimetres (0.39–0.51 in).The head is ochreous-yellowish. Forewings are ochreous yellow, towards costa sometimes fuscous-tinged. Hindwings are dark grey. [1] [2] [3]
Adults are on wing in June. [4]
The larvae mainly feed on purple moor-grass ( Molinia caerulea ), but have also been recorded on oatgrass ( Arrhenatherum species), tor-grass ( Brachypodium pinnatum ), false-brome ( Brachypodium sylvaticum ), bunch grass ( Calamagrostis arundinacea ), American beak grass ( Diarrhena americana ), sedges ( Carex species), melic grass ( Melica species) and meadow-grass ( Poa species).
It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to Italy and Greece and from Ireland to Romania. [5] It is also found in North America (British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Dakota). [6]
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