An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae)
Author
Kaila, Lauri
text
Zootaxa
2019
2019-07-11
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Elachista nobilella
Zeller, 1839
Elachista nobilella
Zeller, 1839: 213
. Type locality: “
Austria
” [now
Czech Republic
]:
Bohemia
Spitzberg (
Zeller 1839: 213
).
Lectotype
♀
designated by
Parenti (1977: 34)
, in NHMUK.
Elachista subnobilella
Rössler, 1866: 378
. Type locality:
Germany
, Nassau.
Lectotype
in MWNH, designated by
Parenti (1977: 35)
. Synonymized by
Parenti (1977: 35)
.
‡
Poeciloptilia nobiliella
; misspelling (Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 309).
Subgenus:
Elachista
;
bifasciella
species group.
Distribution: Palearctic.
Austria
,
Czech Republic
,
Denmark
,
Estonia
,
Finland
,
France
,
Germany
,
Hungary
,
Latvia
,
Lithuania
,
Norway
,
Poland
,
Russia
(European part, Transbaikalia),
Slovakia
,
Spain
,
Sweden
,
Switzerland
,
U.K.
(
England
).
Larval host plant(s):
Agrostis stolonifera
L.,
Arrhenaterum
sp.,
Bromus
sp.,
Dactylis
sp.,
Deschampsia flexuosa
(L.) Trin.,
Festuca
sp.,
Holcus lanatus
L. (all
Poaceae
) (
Frey 1880
;
Sønderup 1924
; E.M.
Hering 1957
;
Wörz 1957
;
Buhl
et al
. 1990
;
Collins 2006
).
Figs.:
Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977)
,
Biesenbaum (1995)
,
Bland (1996)
.
Remarks: Specimens reported from
Carex
sp. (
Cyperaceae
) and
Luzula pilosa
L. (Willd.) (
Juncaceae
) by
Parenti & Varalda (1994)
are likely from larvae that overwintered full-grown in the soil near or at the base of
Carex
or
Luzula pilosa
, which often grow together with
Deschapsia flexuosa
.