Species of moth

Elachista kilmunella

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Animalia
Phylum:  | Arthropoda
Class:  | Insecta
Order:  | Lepidoptera
Family:  | Elachistidae
Genus:  | Elachista
Species:  |

E. kilmunella

Binomial name
Elachista kilmunella

Stainton, 1849

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

## Description[edit]

The wingspan is 8–12 millimetres (0.31–0.47 in).[1] Adults are on wing from May to August.[2] The head is grey, whitish sprinkled. Forewings are dark grey, basal area in female whitish ; a nearly straight fascia before middle, a tornal spot and costal spot beyond it united into a rather irregular fascia whitish, in female clearer ; cilia round apex more whitish. Hindwings are rather dark grey.[3]

## Biology[edit]

The larvae feed on greater pond sedge (Carex riparia) and hare's-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) mining the leaves of their host plant.[4] They are yellowish grey. Larvae can be found from April to July.[5]

## Distribution[edit]

It is found from northern Europe to the Alps and Hungary and from Ireland to Russia.[6]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "Microlepidoptera.nl". Archived from the original on 2011-02-12. Retrieved 2011-09-13.
2. ^ Kimber, Ian. "38.026 BF598 Elachista kilmunella Stainton, 1849". UKmoths. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
3. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
4. ^ "Elachista kilmunella Stainton, 1849". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
5. ^ Ellis, W N. "Elachista kilmunella Stainton, 1849 moorland dwarf". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 14 March 2020.
6. ^ "Elachista (Elachista) kilmunella Stainton, 1849". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 14 March 2020.

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q5352804
* BioLib: 46353
* BOLD: 183453
* CoL: 6DZQF
* EoL: 953240
* EUNIS: 300684
* Fauna Europaea: 435499
* Fauna Europaea (new): 4bac229d-0666-448f-a198-f5e9d4661d1a
* GBIF: 1833114
* iNaturalist: 464041
* IRMNG: 11039566
* LepIndex: 121630
* MONA: 1101.1
* NatureServe: 2.945340
* NBN: NHMSYS0000502311
* NCBI: 1442292

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