Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 119

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DOI	https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4921123
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scientific name	Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887
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Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887 View in CoL

Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887a: 253 View in CoL . Type locality: U.K., Wales, Pembroke ( Stainton 1887a: 254) . Type series not stated, in NHMUK .

Biselachista margareteae Traugott-Olsen, 1994: 333 . Type locality: Italy, Toscana, Maremma ( Traugott-Olsen 1994: 334). Holotype ♂, in Aren. Synonymized by Huemer & Kaila (2002): 218.

Biselachista scirpi: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 264) .

Subgenus: Elachista View in CoL ; tetragonella View in CoL species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (continent, Sicily), Norway, Portugal, Russia (European part), Sweden, U.K. ( England, Wales).

Larval host plant(s): Scirpus maritimus L., ( Cyperaceae ), Juncus gerardii Loiseleur-Deslongchamps , J. compressus Jacq. (Juncaceae) ( Stainton 1887b; Fletcher 1887; Meyrick 1928).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Bland (1996), Parenti & Pizzolato (2015b).