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Elachista subocellea is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Poland.

Elachista subocellea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. subocellea
Binomial name
Elachista subocellea (Stephens, 1834)
Synonyms
List Aphelosetia subocellea Stephens, 1834 Elachista flammeaepennella Costa, [1836] Elachista pollinariella Zeller sensu Stainton, 1851 Poeciloptilia disertella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Elachista disertella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel, [1843]), sensu Pierce & Metcalfe, 1935 Elachista subcollutella Toll, 1936

The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in).Differs from E. collitella as follows : forewings whiter, costa not distinctly fuscous towards base, plical and second discal stigmata sometimes distinct, black.[1]

Adults are on wing from June to July.[2]

The larvae feed internally on leaves of false-brome and tor-grass. First, the larvae create a narrow ascending corridor. The direction reverses and the mine develops into a broad, greenish, inconspicuous blotch, reminding of a tentiform mine. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3]

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