Elachista pigerella
Species of moth
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Elachista pigerella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Germany to the Iberian Peninsula, Sardinia and Italy. It is also found in Russia and on Cyprus.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. pigerella |
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| Elachista pigerella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1854)[1] | |
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Adults are brownish and unicolorous.
The larvae feed on Carex flacca. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2] Larvae can be found from April to June.