Elachista metella Kaila, 2002

Elachista metella Kaila, 2002: 182 . Type locality: Croatia, Krk, Punat (Kaila 2002: 182). Holotype ♂, in ZMUC.

Svenssonia metella: Parenti (2009: 30) .

Elachista cingillella auct ., nec Herrich-Schäffer, partim.

Subgenus: Aphelosetia; argentella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, France, Hungary, Italy, Macedonia, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Switzerland.

Larval host plant(s): Brachypodium pinnatum (Poaceae) . Due to taxonomic confusion with Elachista cingillella the host plant records are uncertain. Parenti & Varalda (1994) list the following host plants for E. cingillella which may partly or entirely be attributable to E. metella: Bromus erectus Hudson, Dicanthium ischaemum (L.) Roberty, Milium effusum L. ( Poaceae).

Figs.: Kaila & Junnilainen (2002), Parenti (2009).