Species of moth
| Elachista cahorsensis
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain:
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Eukaryota
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| Kingdom:
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Animalia
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| Phylum:
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Arthropoda
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| Class:
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Insecta
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| Order:
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Lepidoptera
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| Family:
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Elachistidae
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| Genus:
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Elachista
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| Species:
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E. cahorsensis
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| Binomial name
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Elachista cahorsensis
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| Synonyms
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- E. dispunctella (Duponchel, 1843)
- E. cahorsensis (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. imbi (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. karsholti (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. mannella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. multipunctella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. pocopunctella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. povolnyi (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. punctella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. hallini (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. intrigella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. nielspederi (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)
- E. skulei (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)[2]
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Elachista cahorsensis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Great Britain, Ireland and Germany to the Pyrenees.
The wingspan is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in).
The larvae feed on red fescue (Festuca rubra) mining the leaves.[3] Larvae can be found in July and again from September to November. They are pale grey with a semi-transparent, reddish brown head.
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