Elachista nolckeni explained

Elachista nolckeni is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Estonia to the Pyrenees and Italy and from France to Poland and Slovakia. It is also found in Russia.^[1]

The wingspan is 8-.^[2]

The larvae feed on Phleum phleoides. They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[3]

Notes and References

1. http://www.entomologicafennica.org/Volume14/abstracts14_65.htm Kaila, L., Nupponen, K., Junnilainen, J., Nupponen, T., Kaitila, J.-P. & Olschwang, V. 2003: Contribution to the fauna of Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of the Southern Ural Mountains. - Entomol. Fennica 14: 65–90.
2. Web site: Elachista nolckeni - Ochrana přírody a krajiny v Hlavním městě Praze . 2011-09-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110225082902/http://www.wmap.cz/opk/mot/motyl/mot449.htm . 2011-02-25 . dead .
3. Web site: Elachista nolckeni Šulcs, 1992. Bladmineerders.nl. September 12, 2011. https://web.archive.org/web/20120927000216/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/nolckeni/nolckeni.htm. September 27, 2012. dead.