Elachista encumeadae

{{Short description|Species of moth}}

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| genus = Elachista

| species = encumeadae

| authority = Kaila & Karsholt, 2002{{cite web|url= http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=435468|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20121015143638/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=435468|url-status= dead|archive-date= October 15, 2012|title=Elachista (Elachista) encumeadae Kaila & Karsholt, 2002|publisher=Fauna Europaea|version=2.6.2|date=August 29, 2013|access-date=November 9, 2013}}

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Elachista encumeadae is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is endemic to Madeira.

There are at least two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Festuca donax. They mine the leaves of their host plant.{{cite web|url= http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/encumeadae/encumeadae.htm|title= Elachista encumeadae Kaila & Karsholt, 2002|publisher= Bladmineerders.nl|access-date= September 22, 2011|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20120927000729/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/encumeadae/encumeadae.htm|archive-date= September 27, 2012|url-status= dead}}