Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Elachistidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Elachista | |
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Similar Elachista gleichenella, Elachista biatomella, Elachista albidella, Elachista albifrontella, Elachista argentella | ||
Elachista catalana is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Morocco, Spain, France, Italy, San Marino and Croatia.
Adults are large (for Elachista species), unicolorous white or creamy white with variably paler or darker grey hindwings.
The larvae feed on Dactylis glomerata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
Taxonomy
Elachista modesta was previously treated as a synonym of Elachista catalana, but was recently reinstated as a valid species.
References
Elachista catalana Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA