Elachista illectella (Clemens, 1860)

Cosmiotes illectella Clemens, 1860: 9 . Type locality: not stated in the original description; according to Braun (1948), U.S.A., Pennsylvania, Easton. Type material lost (Busck 1903: 197).

Elachista illectella: Stainton (1872b: 98) .

Elachista praematurella Clemens, 1860: 172 . Type locality: U.S.A., Pennsylvania. Type material: not stated in original reference; Busck (1903) refers to two syntypes. According to Braun (1948) holotype ♂ deposited in ANSP. This specimen is the lectotype, not the holotype.

Elachista cristatella Chambers, 1876: 172 . Type locality: U.S.A., Kentucky. Holotype ♂, in MCZ according to Braun (1948); not mentioned by Miller & Hodges (1990).

Elachista albapalpella Chambers, 1881: 294 . Type locality: U.S.A., Massachusetts, Amherst (Chambers 1881: 294). Type material: not stated in original reference; holotype ♀, in USNM (Braun 1948). Synonymized by Braun (1948: 92).

Aphelosetia illectella: Forbes (1923: 223) .

‡ Elachista illicetella; misspelling (Dyar 1903: 536).

Subgenus: Elachista; freyerella species group.

Distribution: Nearctic. Canada (Alberta, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec), U.S.A. (Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

Larval host plant(s): Agrosti s sp., Bromus sp., Poa spp., Elymus sp., Hystrix sp., Oryzopis sp., Phleum sp., Piptatherum sp. (all Poaceae) (Braun 1948).

Figs.: Kaila (1999b).