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Elachista triseriatella

Wikipedia Abstract

Elachista triseriatella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Great Britain, Denmark and Latvia to Spain and Italy. The wingspan is about 7 millimetres (0.28 in). The forewings are white with three rows of black scales on the disc. The hindwings are grey. Adults are on wing from June to July. The larvae feed on Festuca longifolia and Festuca ovina. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They are light yellow with a light brown head. Larvae can be found from autumn to the end of May.
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Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Great Orme`s Head/ Pen y Gogarth 748 Wales, United Kingdom  
Luce Bay and Sands 120487 Scotland, United Kingdom
Lyme Bay and Torbay 77215 England, United Kingdom
South Hams 320 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 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