Elachista illectella ( Clemens, 1860 )

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 74-75

publication ID

https://doi.org/ 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1

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persistent identifier

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scientific name

Elachista illectella ( Clemens, 1860 )
status

 

Elachista illectella ( Clemens, 1860) View in CoL

Cosmiotes illectella Clemens, 1860: 9 View in CoL . Type locality: not stated in the original description; according to Braun (1948), U.S.A., Pennsylvania, Easton. Type material lost ( Busck 1903: 197).

Elachista illectella: Stainton (1872b: 98) View in CoL .

Elachista praematurella Clemens, 1860: 172 View in CoL . Type locality: U.S.A., Pennsylvania. Type material: not stated in original reference; Busck (1903) refers to two syntypes. According to Braun (1948) holotype ♂ deposited in ANSP. This specimen is the lectotype, not the holotype.

Elachista cristatella Chambers, 1876: 172 View in CoL . Type locality: U.S.A., Kentucky. Holotype ♂, in MCZ according to Braun (1948); not mentioned by Miller & Hodges (1990).

Elachista albapalpella Chambers, 1881: 294 View in CoL . Type locality: U.S.A., Massachusetts, Amherst ( Chambers 1881: 294). Type material: not stated in original reference; holotype ♀, in USNM ( Braun 1948). Synonymized by Braun (1948: 92).

Aphelosetia illectella: Forbes (1923: 223) .

Elachista illicetella ; misspelling ( Dyar 1903: 536).

Subgenus: Elachista ; freyerella species group.

Distribution: Nearctic. Canada (Alberta, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec), U.S.A. (Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

Larval host plant(s): Agrosti s sp., Bromus sp., Poa spp., Elymus sp., Hystrix sp., Oryzopis sp., Phleum sp., Piptatherum sp. (all Poaceae ) ( Braun 1948).

Figs.: Kaila (1999b).

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

Family

Elachistidae

Genus

Elachista

Loc

Elachista illectella ( Clemens, 1860 )

Kaila, Lauri 2019
2019
Loc

Aphelosetia illectella:

Forbes, W. T. M. 1923: 223
1923
Loc

Elachista illicetella

Dyar, H. G. 1903: 536
1903
Loc

Elachista albapalpella

Braun, A. F. 1948: 92
Chambers, V. T. 1881: 294
Chambers, V. T. 1881: 294
1881
Loc

Elachista cristatella

Chambers, V. T. 1876: 172
1876
Loc

Elachista illectella:

Stainton, H. T. 1872: 98
1872
Loc

Cosmiotes illectella

Busck, A. 1903: 197
Clemens, J. B. 1860: 9
1860
Loc

Elachista praematurella

Clemens, J. B. 1860: 172
1860
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