Elachista poae
| Elachista poae | |
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| Elachista poae Deeside, North Wales | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. poae |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista poae | |
Elachista poae is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 9–12 mm. The head is blackish. Forewings are blackish, somewhat pale-sprinkled, basal area somewhat lighter ; an obscure fascia before middle, angulated outwards in middle and inwards on fold, a small ill -defined tornal spot, a more distinct one on costa opposite, and traces of an angular mark in disc beyond and connecting these whitish, in female more distinct. Hindwings are dark grey.The larva is whitish -yellowish ; head and two spots on 2 pale brown..[2]
Adults are on wing from April to May and from June to August.[3]
The larvae feed on reed sweet-grass (Glyceria maxima), mining the leaves of their host plant.[4] Larvae can be found from April to May and again from July to August.
Distribution
[edit]It is found from Fennoscandia and the Baltic region to Belgium, the Alps and Hungary and from Ireland to Romania.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ "Elachista (Elachista) poae Stainton, 1855". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 12 March 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 - ^ "microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Elachista poae Stainton, 1855 sweet-grass dwarf". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
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