Elachista pigerella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia and Italy. It is also found in Russia and on Cyprus.
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Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Elachista |
Species: | E. pigerella |
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Elachista pigerella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)[1] | |
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Adults are brownish and unicolorous.
The larvae feed on Carex flacca. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a narrow corridor, completely filled with frass. It descends from just below the tip down to the leaf base. From there, it continues in the leaf. Full-grown larvae have been found in the hollowed out base of the stem.[2] Larvae can be found from April to June.
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