Elachista Triatomea

Elachista triatomea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. triatomea
Binomial name
	Elachista triatomea; (Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
	Porrectaria triatomea Haworth, 1828; Elachista dispilella Zeller, 1839 sensu Stainton, 1849; Elachista triatomella Morris, 1870;

Short description: Species of moth

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

Description

The wingspan is 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in). Head white. Forewings white, with some scattered fuscous scales, especially posteriorly; plical and second discal stigmata black, distinct. Hindwings in male grey, in female grey-whitish.

Adults are on wing from June to July.^[1]

The larvae mine the blades of various grasses of Festuca species, including sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina), red fescue (Festuca rubra) and fine-leaf sheep fescue (Festuca tenuifolia).

Distribution

It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Denmark , Germany , Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania.^[2]

References

↑ Kimber, Ian. "38.005 BF611 Elachista triatomea (Haworth, 1828)". https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/elachista-triatomea/.
↑ "Elachista (Aphelosetia) triatomea (Haworth, 1828)". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5934d4f2-ebf2-42a8-acdd-33b091e2445d.

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[1] Kimber, Ian. "38.005 BF611 Elachista triatomea (Haworth, 1828)". https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/elachista-triatomea/.

[2] "Elachista (Aphelosetia) triatomea (Haworth, 1828)". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/5934d4f2-ebf2-42a8-acdd-33b091e2445d.