An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae) Author Kaila, Lauri text Zootaxa 2019 2019-07-11 4632 1 1 231 journal article 26215 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1 e0aabdb8-bda6-48e4-bdef-f7b64577d5cd 1175-5326 3335414 12883950-D194-450A-BC4F-7996F5815E4F Elachista differens Parenti, 1978 Elachista differens Parenti, 1978: 22 . Type locality: France , Lot, Douelle ( Parenti 1978: 22 ). Holotype , in MRSN. Elachista kosteri Traugott-Olsen, 1995c: 367 . Type locality: Greece , Peloponnes , Zachlorou ( Traugott-Olsen 1995c: 368 ). Holotype in ZMAK. Syn. nov. Subgenus: Atachia ; gleichenella species group. Distribution: Palearctic. Austria , Bulgaria , France , Germany , Greece ( Crete , Rhodos, Lesvos, Samos), Switzerland . Larval host plant(s): Carex ferruginea Scop. (Cyperaceae) ( Parenti 1978 ). Figs.: Parenti (1978) , Traugott-Olsen (1995c) , Kaila & Biesenbaum (1995) , Biesenbaum (1995) . Remarks: After examination of samples collected throughout southern Europe, including females from an extensive range, there appears to be no differences between E. differens Parenti and E. kosteri Traugott-Olsen. Therefore , E. kosteri Traugott-Olsen is considered a subjective junior synonym of E. differens Parenti , syn. nov.