Elachista subocellea

Elachista subocellea
Elachista subocellea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. subocellea
Binomial name
Elachista subocellea
(Stephens, 1834)
Synonyms
  • Aphelosetia subocellea Stephens, 1834
  • Elachista flammeaepennella Costa, [1836]
  • Elachista pollinariella Zeller sensu Stainton, 1851
  • Poeciloptilia disertella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Elachista disertella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
  • Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel, [1843]), sensu Pierce & Metcalfe, 1935
  • Elachista subcollutella Toll, 1936

Elachista subocellea is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Poland.

The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in). Adults are on wing from June to July.[1]

The larvae feed internally on leaves of False-brome and Tor-grass. First, the larvae create a narrow ascending corridor. The direction reverses and the mine develops into a broad, greenish, inconspicuous blotch, reminding of a tentiform mine. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[2]

References

  1. ↑ "Elachista subocellea". UK Moths. Retrieved March 5, 2010.
  2. ↑ "Elachista subocellea (Stephens, 1834)". Bladmineerders.nl. Retrieved September 22, 2011.


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