Elachista orstadii Palm, 1943: 26. Type localities: Sweden, Uppland: Uppsala, Djurgården, Berhåga, Vaksala (Palm 1943: 27). Syntypes 6 ♂, in ZMUL.
Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.
Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Russia (S. Ural, Caucasus, Siberia, Russian Far East), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Scotland).
Larval host plant(s): unknown.
Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996).