Elachista contaminatella is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found from France, Austria and Slovakia to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia and Sicily. It is also found in Bulgaria and Russia.
Elachista contaminatella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. contaminatella |
Binomial name | |
Elachista contaminatella Zeller, 1847[1] | |
The wingspan is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in).
The larvae feed on Carex distans. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
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