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Elachista scirpi Stainton 1887

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Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887

Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887a: 253. Type locality: U.K., Wales, Pembroke (Stainton 1887a: 254). Type series not stated, in NHMUK.

Biselachista margareteae Traugott-Olsen, 1994: 333. Type locality: Italy, Toscana, Maremma (Traugott-Olsen 1994: 334). Holotype ♂, in Aren. Synonymized by Huemer & Kaila (2002): 218.

Biselachista scirpi: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 264).

Subgenus: Elachista; tetragonella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (continent, Sicily), Norway, Portugal, Russia (European part), Sweden, U.K. (England, Wales).

Larval host plant(s): Scirpus maritimus L., (Cyperaceae), Juncus gerardii Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, J. compressus Jacq. (Juncaceae) (Stainton 1887b; Fletcher 1887; Meyrick 1928).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Bland (1996), Parenti & Pizzolato (2015b).

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Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4632 (1) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335414

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Biodiversity

Collection code
NHMUK
Family
Elachistidae
Genus
Elachista
Kingdom
Animalia
Order
Lepidoptera
Phylum
Arthropoda
Scientific name authorship
Stainton
Species
scirpi
Taxon rank
species
Taxonomic concept label
Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887 sec. Kaila, 2019

References

  • Stainton, H. T. (1887 a) Description of a new species of Elachista allied to rhyncosporella, Stn. Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 23, 253 - 254.
  • Traugott-Olsen, E. (1994) Identity of Biselachista freyi (Staudinger, 1870) and Biselachista occidentalis (Frey, 1882), description of five new species (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 22, 323 - 348.
  • Huemer, P. & Kaila, L. (2002) Elachista (Elachista) morandinii sp. n., a new species from Central Europe (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Gortania, 24, 211 - 220.
  • Traugott-Olsen, E. & Nielsen, E. S. (1977) The Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Klampenborg, 6, 1 - 299.
  • Stainton, H. T. (1887 b) On the life history of Elachista scirpi. Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 23, 254 - 255.
  • Fletcher, W. H. B. (1887) On the life-history of Elachista scirpi. Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 23, 254 - 255.
  • Meyrick, E. (1928) A revised handbook of British Lepidoptera. Watkins & Doncaster, London, 924 pp.
  • Bland, K. P. (1996) Elachistidae. In: Emmet, A. M. (Ed.), The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 3. Ypomomeutidae-Elachistidae. Harley Books, Essex, pp. 339 - 410
  • Parenti, U. & Pizzolato, F. (2015 b) Revison of European Elachistidae. The genus Biselachista Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen, 1977, stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 43, 537 - 575.