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Elachista martinii is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found from Germany and Latvia to Italy and Greece. It is also found in Russia.[2]

Elachista martinii
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. martinii
Binomial name
Elachista martinii O. Hofmann, 1898[1]

The larvae feed on Carex humilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine generally descends from the leaf tip down, but sometimes ascends from halfway up the leaf. The larvae leaves the mine around April and starts a new similar mine in another leaf. Most frass is deposited in the oldest part of the mine. Pupation takes place outside of the mine at the base of the mined leaf.[3] They are yellow with a nearly colourless head. Larvae can be found from September to June.

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