Elachista subnigrella
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|genus = Elachista
|species = subnigrella
|authority = Douglas, 1853{{cite web |title=Elachista (Elachista) subnigrella Douglas, 1853 |url=https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/d773ee64-d592-4c29-afc9-b27a950592f9 |website=Fauna Europaea |access-date=21 March 2020}}
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Elachista subnigrella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is {{convert|7|–|9|mm}}. The head is dark grey, face lighter. Forewings blackish-grey, light-sprinkled, in female darker except on basal area; a slender indistinct fascia before middle, somewhat indented or interrupted on fold, in male sometimes almost obsolete, a small indistinct tornal spot, and costal spot somewhat beyond it whitish, in female whiter and more distinct. Hindwings are rather dark grey. The larva is pale yellow; head pale brown. Hindwings are grey.{{Cite book|last=Meyrick|first=Edward|url=http://archive.org/details/handbookofbritis00meyr|title=A Handbook of British Lepidoptera |date=1895|place=London|publisher= Macmillan|chapter=Elachistidae | pages= 638–692}} {{pd-notice}}
Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae). Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.Fal’kovich;M. .I., 1990 Elachistidae; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
Biology
Adults are on wing from April to May.{{Cite web |url=http://www.microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=250140&p=1 |title=microlepidoptera.nl |access-date=2011-09-08 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110212044954/http://microlepidoptera.nl/soorten/species.php?speciescode=250140&p=1 |archive-date=2011-02-12 |url-status=dead }}
The larvae feed on Avena, Avenula pubescens, Bromus erectus, Calamagrostis epigejos, Dactylis glomerata, Festuca and Holcus mollis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.{{cite web|url=http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/subnigrella/subnigrella.htm|title=Elachista subnigrella Douglas, 1853|publisher=Bladmineerders.nl|access-date=September 8, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926092346/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/subnigrella/subnigrella.htm|archive-date=September 26, 2012|url-status=dead}} Larvae can be found from April to May and again in July.
Distribution
It is found from Scandinavia and the Baltic States to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to Romania.{{cite web |last1=Ellis |first1=W N |title=Elachista subnigrella Douglas, 1853 dark dwarf |url=https://bladmineerders.nl/parasites/animalia/arthropoda/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/gelechioidea/elachistidae/elachistinae/elachista/elachista-subnigrella/ |website=Plant Parasites of Europe |access-date=21 March 2020}}
References
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External links
- [https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Elachista_subnigrella Lepiforum de]
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Category:Moths described in 1853
Category:Taxa named by John William Douglas
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