Elachista subocellea

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| genus = Elachista

| species = subocellea

| authority = (Stephens, 1834)

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• Aphelosetia subocellea Stephens, 1834
• Elachista flammeaepennella Costa, [1836]
• Elachista pollinariella Zeller sensu Stainton, 1851
• Poeciloptilia disertella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
• Elachista disertella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
• Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel, [1843]), sensu Pierce & Metcalfe, 1935
• Elachista subcollutella Toll, 1936

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Elachista subocellea is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Poland.

The wingspan is {{convert|8|-|10|mm}}.Differs from E. collitella as follows : forewings whiter, costa not distinctly fuscous towards base, plical and second discal stigmata sometimes distinct, black.{{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

Adults are on wing from June to July.{{cite web|url=https://ukmoths.org.uk/show.php?bf=613|title=Elachista subocellea|publisher=UK Moths|access-date=15 February 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/subocellea/subocellea.htm|title=Elachista subocellea (Stephens, 1834)|publisher=Bladmineerders.nl|access-date=September 22, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930185205/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/subocellea/subocellea.htm|archive-date=September 30, 2011|url-status=dead}}