Elachista triatomea (Haworth, 1828)
[Lepidoptera: Elachistidae]


Porrectaria triatomea Haworth, 1828. Lep. Brit.: 535.
Elachista triatomea
(Haworth, 1828).


Leaf-mine: Details unknown.

Larva: Details unknown.

Pupa: Details unknown.

Adult: The adult is illustrated in UKMoths. The genitalia are not illustrated by the Lepidoptera Dissection Group (check for update).

Adult of Elachista triatomea
Chorlton, Greater Manchester
Image: © Ben Smart (UKMoths)

Hosts in Britain:

Poaceae      
Festuca     UKMoths
Festuca ovina Sheep's Fescue Pitkin and Plant
Festuca rubra Red Fescue Pitkin and Plant
Festuca filiformis Fine-leaved Sheep's-fescue

Pitkin and Plant, as Festuca tenuifolia

Hosts elsewhere: Unknown.

Time of year - larvae: Unknown.

Time of year - adults: The adult moths fly in June and July, and frequent grassland (UKMoths).

Distribution in Great Britain and Ireland: From south-east England to southern Scotland (UKMoths) including Banff, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Derbyshire, East Gloucestershire, East Ross, East Suffolk, Elgin, Herefordshire, North Ebudes, North Essex, North Hampshire, North Wiltshire, South Aberdeen, South Lancaster, South Wiltshire, Stafford, Warwickshire, West Gloucestershire and Worcestershire (NBN Gateway - N.B. includes Watsonian Vice Counties having publicly available records that fall within or overlap the vice county border at 10km resolution or better i.e. a record for a vice county may relate to an adjacent vice county - for included datasets see NBN Grid map below) and Northern Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea), but not present in south-west England and Wales (UKMoths).

Also recorded in the Republic of Ireland (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

NBN Grid map: Note that not all datasets on the NBN Gateway may be available on the map below. If you are an NBN Gateway registered user you can request access for missing datasets via the link 'Open interactive map in new window' below.

Distribution elsewhere: Widespread in continental Europe including Austria, Danish mainland, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Norwegian mainland, Romania and Sweden (Karsholt and van Nieukerken in Fauna Europaea).

NBN interactive distribution map(s) of known host species in Great Britain and Ireland and elsewhere:

Festuca filiformis, Festuca ovina, Festuca rubra

Parasitoids in Britain and elsewhere: Unknown.



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