Elachista deriventa

Short description: Species of moth

Elachista deriventa

Scientific classification
Domain:  | Eukaryota
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Elachistidae
Genus:  | Elachista
Species:  |

E. deriventa

Binomial name
Elachista deriventa

Kaila & Mutanen, 2008[1]

Elachista deriventa is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in southern Finland and Sweden.[1]

The wingspan is 6–8 millimetres (0.24–0.31 in). Adults are on wing in June.[2]

The larvae feed on Calamagrostis arundinacea. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a pale yellowish, rather narrow, inconspicuous, ascending corridor in the distal half of the leaf. It runs along the leaf margin. The frass is deposited along the sides.[3] Larvae can be found from September to October. They are pale yellowish.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Elachista (Elachista) deriventa Kaila & Mutanen, 2008". Fauna Europaea. August 29, 2013. http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=435461.
2. ↑ Swedish Moths
3. ↑ "Elachista deriventa Kaila & Mutanen, 2008". Bladmineerders.nl. http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/deriventa/deriventa.htm.

Wikidata ☰ Q5352687 entry

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