Elachista freyerella

Elachista freyerella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. freyerella
Binomial name
	Elachista freyerella; (Hübner, [1825])
Synonyms
	List Antispila freyerella Hübner, [1825]; Cosmiotes freyerella (Hübner, [1825]); Tinea nigrella Hübner, [1805] nec Fabricius, 1775; Elachista tristictella Nylander, [1848] 1847; Elachista bistictella Tengström, [1848] 1847; Elachista aridella Heinemann, 1854; Elachista gregsoni Stainton, 1855; Elachista incertella Frey, 1859; Poeciloptilia grisescens Wocke, 1862; Elachista gregsonella Morris, 1870; Elachista sublimis Frey, 1866; Cosmiotes nigrella auct., nec Herrich-Schäffer, 1855; Cosmiotes scopulicola Braun, 1948; Elachista arundinella Zeller, 1850; ;

Elachista freyerella is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula. It is also found in North America.^[1]

Description[edit]

The wingspan is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in).The head is dark grey, whitish-sprinkled, face paler or whitish. Forewings are blackish, somewhat paler-sprinkled ; an oblique fascia before middle, in male indistinct and sometimes interrupted, a tornal spot, and an opposite costal spot (appearing together to form a perpendicular interrupted fascia) whitish, in female whiter and more distinct. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellowish-grey ; head black or pale brown ; 2 with two black spots^[2]

The larvae feed on bent (Agrostis species), bromes (Bromus species), cocksfoot grasses (Dactylis species), tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), red fescue (Festuca rubra), soft grass (Holcus), crested hair-grass (Koeleria macrantha), annual meadow grass (Poa annua), Poa badensis, wood bluegrass (Poa nemoralis), common meadow-grass (Poa pratensis), rough meadow-grass (Poa trivialis), Trisetum ciliare and Triticum. The larvae create a mine consisting of a long, flat, whitish, relatively broad corridor descending from the leaf tip. A single larva may make several mines during its lifetime. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.^[3]

References[edit]

^ "Elachista freyerella– (Hübner, 1825)". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ "Elachista freyerella (Hübner, 1825)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2010.

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[1] "Elachista freyerella– (Hübner, 1825)". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 6 April 2020.

[2] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[3] "Elachista freyerella (Hübner, 1825)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2010.

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Elachista freyerella


Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. freyerella
Binomial name
*Elachista freyerella* (Hübner, [1825])
Synonyms
List Antispila freyerella Hübner, [1825] Cosmiotes freyerella (Hübner, [1825]) Tinea nigrella Hübner, [1805] nec Fabricius, 1775 Elachista tristictella Nylander, [1848] 1847 Elachista bistictella Tengström, [1848] 1847 Elachista aridella Heinemann, 1854 Elachista gregsoni Stainton, 1855 Elachista incertella Frey, 1859 Poeciloptilia grisescens Wocke, 1862 Elachista gregsonella Morris, 1870 Elachista sublimis Frey, 1866 Cosmiotes nigrella auct., nec Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Cosmiotes scopulicola Braun, 1948 Elachista arundinella Zeller, 1850