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Elachista triatomea is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

Elachista triatomea
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. triatomea
Binomial name
Elachista triatomea (Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
Porrectaria triatomea Haworth, 1828 Elachista dispilella Zeller, 1839 sensu Stainton, 1849 Elachista triatomella Morris, 1870

Description

The wingspan is 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in). Head white. Forewings white, with some scattered fuscous scales, especially posteriorly; plical and second discal stigmata black, distinct. Hindwings in male grey, in female grey-whitish.

Adults are on wing from June to July.[1]

The larvae mine the blades of various grasses of Festuca species, including sheep's fescue (Festuca ovina), red fescue (Festuca rubra) and fine-leaf sheep fescue (Festuca tenuifolia).

Distribution

It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania.[2]

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