Elachista differens

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| genus = Elachista

| species = differens

| authority = Parenti, 1978{{cite web|url=http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=435464|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121015143906/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=435464|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 15, 2012|title=Elachista (Elachista) differens Parenti, 1978|publisher=Fauna Europaea|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|access-date=November 9, 2013}}

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Elachista differens is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in the Alps.[http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Elachista_Differens Lepiforum.de]

The length of the forewings is 3.5–4 mm in males and 2.5–4 mm in females.[https://archive.org/stream/notalepidopter1719945soci/notalepidopter1719945soci_djvu.txt Nota lepidopterologica]

The larvae feed on Carex ferruginea. They mine the leaves of their host plant.{{cite web|url=http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/differens/differens.htm|title=Elachista differens Parenti, 1978|publisher=Bladmineerders.nl|access-date=September 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120927000858/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/differens/differens.htm|archive-date=September 27, 2012|url-status=dead}}