Elachista stabilella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Asia and Europe.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. stabilella
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| Elachista stabilella Stainton, 1858
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Description
editThe wingspan is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in). Adults are on wing from April to May and again from June to July.[1]
The larvae feed on bent (Agrostis species), common wild oat (Avena fatua), tor-gras (Brachypodium pinnatum), false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), reedgrass (Calamagrostis species), tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa), tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), wood millet (Milium effusum) and Poa badensis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2] Larvae can be found from February to the end of May and again from June to July.[3]
Distribution
editIt is found from Scandinavia to Switzerland and from Great Britain to Romania. It is also present on the Iberian Peninsula and Russia (Transbaikalia and western Siberia).[4]
References
edit- ^ "Microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ "Elachista stabilella Stainton, 1858". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on September 26, 2012. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Elachista stabilella Stainton, 1858 southern dwarf". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 11 April 2020.
- ^ "A contribution to the knowledge of the Lepidoptera fauna of the Ukok plateau in south-eastern Altai, Russia" (PDF). Entomofauna. Ansfelden, Austria: Landesmuseum.
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