Elachista bisulcella
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. bisulcella
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| Elachista bisulcella (Duponchel, 1843)
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Elachista bisulcella is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Europe.
Description[edit]
The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in).[1] The head is dark grey, face whitish. Forewings are dark fuscous, blackish-sprinkled ; a hardly curved whitish central fascia, edged with yellow posteriorly, broader towards dorsum ; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings are dark grey.The larva is grey-green; head pale brown ; 2 with two brown spots.[2]
Biology[edit]
Adults are on wing at the end of June and again in August in two generations per year.[3]
The larvae feed on false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), wood small-reed (Calamagrostis epigejos), upright sedge (Carex stricta), tufted hair-grass (Deschampsia cespitosa) and tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea). They mine the leaves of their host plant. [4] Larvae can be found from autumn to June. The species overwinters within the mine.
Distribution[edit]
Found in Europe from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Poland.
References[edit]
- ^ "Elachista bisulcella". UK Moths. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
- ^ "Elachista bisulcella (Duponchel, 1843)". Micro Lepidoptera.nl. Archived from the original on February 12, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
- ^ "Elachista bisulcella (Duponchel, 1843)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
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