Elachista cahorsensis

Phylum:Arthropoda

Class:Insecta

Order:Lepidoptera

Family:Elachistidae

Elachista cahorsensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. cahorsensis
Binomial name
Elachista cahorsensis Traugott-Olsen, 1992[1]
Synonyms
E. dispunctella (Duponchel, 1843) E. cahorsensis (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. imbi (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. karsholti (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. mannella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. multipunctella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. pocopunctella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. povolnyi (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. punctella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. hallini (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. intrigella (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. nielspederi (Traugott-Olsen, 1992) E. skulei (Traugott-Olsen, 1992)[2]

Elachista cahorsensis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Great Britain, Ireland and Germany to the Pyrenees.

The wingspan is about 8 millimetres (0.31 in).

The larvae feed on red fescue (Festuca rubra) mining the leaves.^[3] Larvae can be found in July and again from September to November. They are pale grey with a semi-transparent, reddish brown head.