Elachista canapennella

Elachista canapennella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. canapennella
Binomial name
Elachista canapennella
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
List
    • Tinea canapennella Hübner, 1813
    • Tinea pulchella Haworth, 1828
    • Elachista pulchella (Haworth, 1828)
    • Poeciloptilia obscurella Stainton, 1849
    • Poeciloptilia incanella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
    • Elachista incanella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
    • Elachista subobscurella Doubleday, 1859
    • Poeciloptilia montanella Wocke, 1862
    • Elachista ranenensis Strand, 1919
    • Elachista albimarginella Hering, 1924
    • Elachista postremella Dufrane, 1957

Elachista canapennella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

Description

The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in).[1] The head is grey, face whitish. Forewings in male pale grey irrorated with black, in female blackish except on basal area; a somewhat oblique fascia before middle, a tornal spot, and triangular costal spot somewhat beyond it in male very indistinct, whitish, almost obsolete, in female broader, white, conspicuous. Hindwings are grey. The larva is pale yellowish-grey; head pale brown.[2]

Adults are on wing from April to June and from July to September. There are two generations per year.

The larvae feed on creeping bent (Agrostis stolonifera), false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius), Avenula pubescens, tufted hairgrass (Deschampsia cespitosa), fescue (Festuca species), creeping soft grass (Holcus mollis) and meadow-grass (Poa). They mine the leaves of their host. The pupation takes place outside the mine.[3]

Distribution

It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to central Russia.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Elachista canapennella". UK Moths. Retrieved March 8, 2010.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ^ a b Ellis, W N. "Elachista canapennella (Hübner, 1813) little dwarf". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 26 March 2020.


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