Elachista fasciola explained

Elachista fasciola is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Europe (Latvia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Slovakia, Italy) east through Russia to Japan.^[1]

The length of the forewings is about .

The larvae feed on Achnatherum pekinense, Brachypodium sylvaticum, Calamagrostis arundinacea and Elymus repens. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[2]

Notes and References

1. Japanese Elachista studied by Parenti (1983) (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae): The Subgenus Aphelosetia and the Gleichenella-, Tetragonella-, and Bifasciella-Groups. Kazuhiro Sugisima. Systematic Entomology. Hokkaido University. Sapporo, Japan.
2. Web site: Elachista fasciola Parenti, 1983. Bladmineerders.nl. September 22, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120927000725/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/fasciola/fasciola.htm. September 27, 2012. dead.