Elachista pollutella

Elachista pollutella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from France and Belgium to Ukraine and from Germany to Italy, Hungary and Romania. It has also been recorded from Greece, southern parts of European Russia and the Crimea, Siberian Russia and Mongolia.[2]

Elachista pollutella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. pollutella
Binomial name
Elachista pollutella

The wingspan is 11–13 mm.[3]

The larvae feed on Elymus hispidus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4]

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