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Elachista utonella

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Wikipedia Abstract

Elachista utonella is a moth of the Elachistidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from Ireland to Romania. Extending east to the Russian Far East and Japan. The wingspan is 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in). There is one generation per year in Great Britain, but there are possibly two generations in continental Europe.
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Prey / Diet

Carex acutiformis (lesser pond sedge)[1]
Carex disticha (tworank sedge)[1]
Carex flacca (heath sedge)[1]
Carex paniculata (Greater Tussock-sedge)[1]
Carex vesicata (blister sedge)[1]

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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