Elachista pusillella
Elachista pusillella is a moth in the family Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995.[1] It is found in south-eastern Siberia[2] and Japan.
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. pusillella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista pusillella (Sinev & Sruoga, 1995) | |
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The larvae feed on Carex pauciflora. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a linear full-depth mine.[3]
References
- Beccaloni, George; et al., eds. (February 2005). "Scientific name search". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum, London.
- Elachista at funet
- Japanese Moths
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