Elachista fasciola

Elachista fasciola
Elachista fasciola
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukarya
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species: E. fasciola
Binomial name
Elachista fasciola
Parenti, 1983[1]

Elachista fasciola is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Europe (Latvia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy) east through Russia to Japan.[2]

The length of the forewings is about 4 millimetres (0.16 in).

The larvae feed on Achnatherum pekinense, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Calamagrostis arundinacea and Elymus repens. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[3]

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