Elachista albifrontella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description The wingspan is . The head is white with a conspicuously whitish forehead. Forewings are blackish; a somewhat oblique fascia before middle, sometimes interrupted, a tornal spot, and a rather larger triangular costal spot beyond it white. Hindwings dark grey. The larva is yellow-whitish; head pale brown; 2 with three rows of brown dots.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and descriptionEmmet, 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
They are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on velvet bent (Agrostis canina), meadow foxtail (Alopecurus pratensis), false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius), oats (Avena species), Avenula pubescens, false-brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum), bromes (Bromus species), bunch grass (Calamagrostis arundinacea), Calamagrostis epigejos, Dactylis glomerata, Deschampsia cespitosa, Elymus repens, Festuca rubra, Holcus lanatus, Holcus mollis, Koeleria macrantha, Luzula pilosa, Milium effusum, Phalaris arundinacea, Phleum, Poa pratensis, rough meadow-grass (Poa trivialis), oatgrass (Trisetum species) and wheat (Triticum species). They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from September to May. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
Distribution It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to Romania.
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