Elachista obliquella

Elachista obliquella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Elachista
Species:
E. obliquella
Binomial name
Elachista obliquella
Stainton, 1854
Synonyms
  • Biselachista obliquella Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen, 1977
  • Cosmiotes obliquella Clemens, 1860

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

Description

The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in).The head is ochreous- whitish. Antennae whitish-ringed. Forewings light grey, irrorated with blackish;a nearly straight central whitish fascia, sometimes ochreous tinged, in male slenderer and sometimes interrupted; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings are grey. The larva is grey-greenish; head pale brown; 2 with two brown spots.[1] [2] [3]

Biology

Adults are on wing from April to July and again in August in two generations per year.[4]

Distribution

It is found from Scandinavia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Ukraine. It is also found in Russia.

References

  1. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  2. ^ Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae). Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.
  3. ^ Fal’kovich;M. .I., 1990 Elachistidae ; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
  4. ^ "Elachista obliquella". UK Moths. Retrieved 21 February 2020.