Elachista gleichenella ( Fabricius, 1781 )

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 65-66

Elachista gleichenella ( Fabricius, 1781)

Tinea gleichenella Fabricius, 1781: 303 . Type locality: England ( Fabricius 1781: 303). Holotype in Yeats collection, not located ( Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 64).

Elachista gleichenella: Stainton (1854: 251) .

Oecophora magnificella Duponchel, 1843: 321 , pl. 77, fig. 2. Type locality: [East Austria]. Synonymized by Joannis (1915: 123).

Elachista trifasciella Nylander, 1848: 148 . Type locality: Finland; syntypes: Oulu [as Uleåborg]; Helsinki [as Helsingfors]. Type material lost. Synonymized by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 33, 63).

Poeciloptilia fractella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 301 , 309. Type locality: [Europe]; syntypes: Austria, Regensburg, Wien ; Switzerland; England. Synonymized by Frey (1859: 200).

‡ Tinea gleichnella ; misspelling ( Stainton 1858b: 192).

‡ Tinea gleichella ; misspelling ( Fabricius, 1794: 323).

‡ Microsetia gleichella ( Fabricius, 1794) ; Stephens (1834: 270).

‡ Elachista gleichella ; Stainton (1849: 26).

Subgenus: Atachia ; gleichenella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechstenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia (S. Ural, Caucasus, Siberia, E. Russia), Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. ( England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott , L. pilosa (L.) Willd., L. sylvatica (Hudson) Gaudin (Juncaceae) , Carex curvula All. , C. digitata L., C. divulsa Stokes , C. echinata Murray , C. flacca Schreber , C. humilis Leysser , C. montana L., C. muricata L., C. pilosa Scop. , C. sempervirens Vill. , C. sylvatica Hudson , C. umbrosa Host (Cyperaceae) ; summarized by Parenti & Varalda (1994).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Kaila & Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996), Traugott- Olsen (1995c).

Remarks: Host plant record of Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv. ( Poaceae ) mentioned by Parenti & Varalda (1994) is likely based on a pupa attached on this plant, which often grows together with Carex or Luzula pilosa . Host plant records of Luzula plumosa E. Mey. and Carex morrowii Boott. reported by Parenti (1983) are referable to E. similis Sugisima, 2005 .