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 orestella
Busck, 1908
Elachista orestella
Busck, 1908: 196
. Type locality:
U.S.A.
,
Pennsylvania
, Allegheny County, Oak Station (
Busck 1908: 196
).
Holotype
♀
, in USNM.
Aphelosetia orestella
:
Forbes (1923)
.
Subgenus:
Aphelosetia
;
argentella
species group.
Distribution: Nearctic.
Canada
(
Alberta
, Labrador,
Manitoba
, Newfoundland,
New Brunswick
,
Nova Scotia
,
Ontario
,
Prince Edward Island
,
Quebec
,
Saskatchewan
,
Yukon
),
U.S.A.
(
Alaska
,
Illinois
,
Massachusetts
,
Minnesota
,
Nebraska
,
New Jersey
,
New York
,
Pennsylvania
).
Larval host plant(s):
Braun (1920: 172)
gives
Hystrix patula
Moench (Poaceae)
as host plant, but later states (1948: 38) that this host plant record applies to
E. epimicta
Braun, 1948
.
Figs.:
Kaila (1997)
.