Elachista kilmunella Stainton, 1849

Elachista kilmunella Stainton, 1849: 25 . Type locality: Scotland, Argyll, Kilmun (Stainton 1849: 25).

Elachista stagnalis Frey, 1859: 216 . Type locality: Poland: Schlesia, by lectotype designation. Lectotype ♂ (Parenti (1977: 21), in NHMUK.

( Elachista turfosella Wocke 1876: 494). See Remarks under E. alpinella Stainton.

Poeciloptilia kilmunella: Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 300, 307).

Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.

Distribution: Holarctic. Austria, Canada (Labrador, Manitoba, Quebec, Yukon), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia (European part), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Scotland, Wales).

Larval host plant(s): Eriophorum vaginatum (Cyperaceae) (Buhl et al. 1991; Emmet 1991).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996), Buhl et al. (1991) (larva, pupa), Kaila (1999b).