Elachista quadripunctella is a moth of the family, Elachistidae. It is found from Scandinavia and Latvia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to Romania.
| Elachista quadripunctella | |
|---|---|
 | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. quadripunctella |
| Binomial name | |
| Elachista quadripunctella | |
| Synonyms | |
| |
The larvae feed on Carex flacca, Luzula luzuloides, Luzula pilosa and Luzula sylvatica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. A single larva makes several mines. Pupation takes place within the mine.[3] They are colourless. Larvae can be found from the end of September to the following spring.
References
edit- ↑ Fauna Europaea
- ↑ Swedish Moths
- ↑ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-08.