Elachista subocellea

Elachista subocellea is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Iberian Peninsula, Italy and Romania and from Ireland to Poland.

Elachista subocellea
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Elachistidae
Genus:	Elachista
Species:	E. subocellea
Binomial name
Elachista subocellea (Stephens, 1834)
Synonyms
List Aphelosetia subocellea Stephens, 1834 Elachista flammeaepennella Costa, [1836] Elachista pollinariella Zeller sensu Stainton, 1851 Poeciloptilia disertella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 Elachista disertella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) Elachista dispunctella (Duponchel, [1843]), sensu Pierce & Metcalfe, 1935 Elachista subcollutella Toll, 1936

The wingspan is 8–10 millimetres (0.31–0.39 in).Differs from E. collitella as follows : forewings whiter, costa not distinctly fuscous towards base, plical and second discal stigmata sometimes distinct, black.^[1]

Adults are on wing from June to July.^[2][3]

References

1. Meyrick, Edward (1895). "Elachistidae". A Handbook of British Lepidoptera. London: Macmillan. pp. 638–692. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
2. "Elachista subocellea". UK Moths. Retrieved 15 February 2020.
3. "Elachista subocellea (Stephens, 1834)". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on September 30, 2011. Retrieved September 22, 2011.