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

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

Wikidata ☰ Q5353010 entry

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