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Elachista triatomea

Synonyms: Elachista argentissimella; Porrectaria triatomea (homotypic)

Wikipedia Abstract

Elachista triatomea is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found in Ireland, Great Britain, Fennoscandia, Denmark, Germany, Austria, the Czech Republic, Hungary and Romania. The wingspan is 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in). Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae mine blades of Festuca species, including Festuca ovina, Festuca rubra and Festuca tenuifolia.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Fenland 1529 England, United Kingdom
Great Orme`s Head/ Pen y Gogarth 748 Wales, United Kingdom  
Rum 26775 Scotland, United Kingdom
The New Forest 72309 England, United Kingdom
Y Fenai a Bae Conwy/ Menai Strait and Conwy Bay 65440 Wales, United Kingdom  

Prey / Diet

Festuca calligera (sheep fescue)[1]
Festuca filiformis (fineleaf sheep fescue)[1]
Festuca rubra (red fescue)[1]

Prey / Diet Overlap

External References

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Biological Records Centre Database of Insects and their Food Plants
Abstract provided by DBpedia licensed under a Creative Commons License
Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0