Elachista exactella
Species of moth
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Elachista exactella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from the Iberian Peninsula, east to Romania, north through France and the Benelux to Fennoscandia, east through central Europe to the Baltic region and northern Russia.[1]
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. exactella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista exactella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) | |
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The wingspan is 6–7 millimetres (0.24–0.28 in).
The larvae feed on Deschampsia flexuosa.