Elachista freyerella
Scientific classification Edit this 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

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

  1. ↑ "Elachista freyerella– (Hübner, 1825)". Moth Photographers Group. Retrieved 6 April 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 freyerella (Hübner, 1825)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on July 23, 2011. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
Two mined leaf blades of a Poa species
Larva


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