Elachista gleichenella

Elachista gleichenella
	Female
	Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. gleichenella
Binomial name
	Elachista gleichenella; (Fabricius, 1781)[1]
Synonyms
	List Tinea gleichella Fabricius, 1794; Oecophora magnificella Duponchel, [1843] 1842; Elachista trifasciella Nylander, [1848] 1847; Poeciloptilia fractella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855; ;

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

Description

The wingspan is 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in).

The larvae feed on Carex curvula, Carex digitata, Carex divulsa, star sedge (Carex echinata), glaucous sedge (Carex flacca), dwarf sedge (Carex humilis), smooth-stalked sedge (Carex laevigata), soft-leaved sedge (Carex montana), Carex morrowii, Carex muricata, Carex ornithopoda, false fox-sedge (Carex otrubae), greater tussock-sedge (Carex paniculata), pendulous sedge (Carex pendula), Carex pilosa, Carex sempervirens, wood sedge {Carex sylvatica}, Carex umbrosa, tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa), white wood-rush (Luzula luzuloides), hairy wood-rush (Luzula pilosa), Luzula plumose and greater wood-rush (Luzula sylvatica). Young larvae form a narrow meandering corridor, which gradually widens to nearly the full width of the leaf. The larvae make a new mine in early winter most of the time. This mine is brown and situated close to (or within) the red coloured dying apical part of the leaf. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[2]

Distribution

The moth is found in most of Europe (except the Iberian Peninsula), east into northern Russia.[3]

References

"Elachista (Elachista) gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
"Elachista gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2010.
Ellis, W N. "Elachista gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781) twin-barred dwarf". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

Larva

Mined leaves of Carex echinata

External links

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[1] "Elachista (Elachista) gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 9 March 2020.

[2] "Elachista gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved March 7, 2010.

[3] Ellis, W N. "Elachista gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781) twin-barred dwarf". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 9 March 2020.