Elachista exactella

Elachista exactella
	Female
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. exactella
Binomial name
	Elachista exactella; (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Synonyms
	Poeciloptilia parvulella Poeciloptilia exactella; Herrich-Schaffer 1855 (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) ; Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Elachista spectrella; Elachista parvulella Frey, 1885 ; Cosmiotes exactella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) ;

Elachista exactella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula, east to Romania, north through France and the Benelux to Fennoscandia, east through central Europe to the Baltic region and northern Russia.^[1]

Male

The wingspan is 6–7 millimetres (0.24–0.28 in).

The larvae feed on Deschampsia flexuosa.

References

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