Elachista quadripunctella (Hübner, 1825)

Tinea quadrella Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: 135, sensu Hübner, 1805, pl. 42, fig. 293. Type locality: [ Europe, Austria?] . Type (s) lost.

Chionodes quadripunctella Hübner, 1825: 420 . Type locality: [Europe]. Type (s) lost.

Elachista quadrella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: 135, sensu Hübner (1805); Zeller (1839: 212). Oldest indication for the current generic combination.

Elachista guttella Reutti, 1853: 197 . Synonymized by Stainton (1858a: 324).

Poeciloptilia quadrella (Denis & Schiffermüller, 1775: 135, sensu Hübner (1805); Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 301, 309).

‡ Elachista tetrastictella Zeller, 1839: 211 . Unavailable, non-binomial name.

Subgenus: Atachia; quadripunctella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Luzula luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott, L. pilosa (L.) Willd., L. sylvatica (Hudson) Gaudin (Juncaceae) (Stainton 1858a,b; Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977; Steuer 1980).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Steuer (1980).