Elachista hedemanni Rebel, 1899

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 69

Elachista hedemanni Rebel, 1899

Elachista hedemanni Rebel, 1899: 524 . Type locality: Austria, Wien Env., Mödling ( Rebel 1899: 524). Lectotype ♂ designated by Gaedike (1975: 241), in NHMW.

Elachista tauricella Sinev & Budashkin, 1991: 580 . Type locality: Ukraine, Crimea, Karadagh ( Sinev & Budashkin 1991: 581). Synonymized by Kaila (1999a: 165).

Subgenus: Aphelosetia ; argentella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Mongolia, Russia (S. Ural, Tuva), Slovakia, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Holcus mollis L., Stipa pennata L. ( Poaceae ) ( Gaedike 1975; Parenti & Varalda 1994).

Figs.: Gaedike (1975), Budashkin & Sinev (1991) (as E. tauricella ), Kaila (2012a).

Remarks: Kaila (1999a: 165) synonymized E. tauricella Sinev & Budashkin but provided no evidence. The synonymy was based on the overall similarity of these taxa, and the absence of any differentiating characters, cf. Budashkin & Sinev (1991) and Kaila (2012a); the authors of E. tauricella did not compare it to E. hedemanni . This synonymy is confirmed by the examination of specimens from the type locality of E. tauricella , and is followed here. The record of E. hedemanni from Spain by Parenti & Domínguez (1995) is likely referable to E. cirrhoplica Kaila.