Elachista gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781)

Tinea gleichenella Fabricius, 1781: 303 . Type locality: England (Fabricius 1781: 303). Holotype in Yeats collection, not located (Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 64).

Elachista gleichenella: Stainton (1854: 251) .

Oecophora magnificella Duponchel, 1843: 321, pl. 77, fig. 2. Type locality: [East Austria]. Synonymized by Joannis (1915: 123).

Elachista trifasciella Nylander, 1848: 148 . Type locality: Finland; syntypes: Oulu [as Uleåborg]; Helsinki [as Helsingfors]. Type material lost. Synonymized by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 33, 63).

Poeciloptilia fractella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 301, 309. Type locality: [Europe]; syntypes: Austria, Regensburg, Wien; Switzerland; England. Synonymized by Frey (1859: 200).

‡ Tinea gleichnella; misspelling (Stainton 1858b: 192).

‡ Tinea gleichella; misspelling (Fabricius, 1794: 323).

‡ Microsetia gleichella (Fabricius, 1794); Stephens (1834: 270).

‡ Elachista gleichella; Stainton (1849: 26).

Subgenus: Atachia; gleichenella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, China, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechstenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia (S. Ural, Caucasus, Siberia, E. Russia), Slovakia, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott, L. pilosa (L.) Willd., L. sylvatica (Hudson) Gaudin (Juncaceae), Carex curvula All., C. digitata L., C. divulsa Stokes, C. echinata Murray, C. flacca Schreber, C. humilis Leysser, C. montana L., C. muricata L., C. pilosa Scop., C. sempervirens Vill., C. sylvatica Hudson, C. umbrosa Host (Cyperaceae); summarized by Parenti & Varalda (1994).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Kaila & Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996), Traugott- Olsen (1995c).

Remarks: Host plant record of Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv. ( Poaceae) mentioned by Parenti & Varalda (1994) is likely based on a pupa attached on this plant, which often grows together with Carex or Luzula pilosa . Host plant records of Luzula plumosa E. Mey. and Carex morrowii Boott. reported by Parenti (1983) are referable to E. similis Sugisima, 2005 .