Elachista occidentalis
Species of moth
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Elachista occidentalis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Ireland to Poland.
| Elachista occidentalis | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. occidentalis |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista occidentalis Frey, 1882 | |
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Elachista occidentalis is part of the Elachista juliensis species complex and can only be identified by dissection and a microscopy preparation.
There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carex digitata and Carex ericetorum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1] They are greyish green. [2][3]