Elachista consortella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in most of Europe, except most of the Balkan Peninsula, Poland, Latvia and Finland.
Elachista consortella | |
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Elachista consortella | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. consortella |
Binomial name | |
Elachista consortella Stainton, 1851[1] | |
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The wingspan is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in).The head is grey, face whitish. Forewings are blackish -grey, somewhat paler-sprinkled ; a somewhat oblique fascia before middle, in male reduced to a spot on fold, a tornal spot, another on costa opposite, and a more or less developed angular mark beyond and connecting these whitish, in female more distinct; plical stigma elongate, black. Hindwings rather dark grey.[2]
Adults are on wing from April to September.[3]
The larvae possibly feed on Bermuda grass (Cynodon dactylon), although other records state it feeds on annual meadow grass (Poa annua). They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4] Larvae can be found from April to August.
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