Elachista subalbidella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe and North America.
Description The wingspan is .The head is ochreous-yellowish. Forewings are ochreous yellow, towards costa sometimes fuscous-tinged. Hindwings are dark grey. Emmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae). Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.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
Biology Adults are on wing in June.
The larvae mainly feed on purple moor-grass (Molinia caerulea), but have also been recorded on oatgrass (Arrhenatherum species), tor-grass (Brachypodium pinnatum), false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), bunch grass (Calamagrostis arundinacea), American beak grass (Diarrhena americana), sedges (Carex species), melic grass (Melica species) and meadow-grass (Poa species).
Distribution It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to Italy and Greece and from Ireland to Romania. It is also found in North America (British Columbia, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Quebec, Yukon, Ohio, Pennsylvania and South Dakota).
References
External links Lepiforum de Swedish Moths Bladmineerders.nl