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Species Elachista albidella - Hodges#1127

Unidentified moth ?? - Elachista albidella
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Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Gelechioidea (Twirler Moths and kin)
Family Elachistidae (Grass Miner Moths)
Subfamily Elachistinae
Genus Elachista
No Taxon (tetragonella species group)
Species albidella (Elachista albidella - Hodges#1127)
Hodges Number
1127
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Elachista albidella Nylander, 1848
Biselachista albidella (Nylander, 1848)
Aphelosetia rhynchosporella Stainton, 1848
Poeciloptilia uliginosella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
Size
Wingspan 9-10 mm.
Identification
Specimen identified by DNA analysis (BOLD). (1)
Range
Widespread across North America and Europe.
Food
Larval hosts include Calamagrostis arundinacea
Carex sp. and many others.
Print References
Kaila, L. 1997. A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s. l. II. The Argentella group (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica 206: 1-93. (2)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD)
lepbarcoding.org
Works Cited
1.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
2.A revision of the Nearctic species of Elachista s.1 II., the argentella group (Lepidoptera:Elachistidae)
Lauri Kaila. 2006. Acta Zoologica Fennica 206: 1-93. .
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 1 February, 2012 - 8:35am
Last updated 24 October, 2013 - 12:02am

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