Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Tineidae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Elatobia | |
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Similar Myrmecozela ochraceella, Haplotinea insectella, Nemaxera, Monopis imella, Tinea trinotella | ||
Elatobia fuliginosella is a moth of the Tineidae family. It was described by Lienig & Zeller in 1846. It is found in almost all of Europe, except Ireland, Great Britain, Portugal, the Benelux, Denmark and parts of the Balkan Peninsula, eastwards up to European Russia; in North Africa known from Morocco and Tunisia, eastwards through Siberia up to Mongolia.
The wingspan is 13–19 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on insect remains.
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