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Elachista bisulcella

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Elachista bisulcella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. bisulcella
Binomial name
Elachista bisulcella
(Duponchel, 1843)
Synonyms
  • Lita bisulcella Duponchel, 1843
  • Elachista zonariella Tengström, 1848

Elachista bisulcella is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in Europe.

Description

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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

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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

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Found in Europe from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Poland.

References

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  1. ^ "Elachista bisulcella". UK Moths. Retrieved 4 March 2020.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ^ "Elachista bisulcella (Duponchel, 1843)". Micro Lepidoptera.nl. Archived from the original on February 12, 2011. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
  4. ^ "Elachista bisulcella (Duponchel, 1843)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved September 23, 2011.
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Mined leaf of Deschampsia caespitosa
Larva