Elachista stabilella Stainton, 1858

Elachista stabilella Stainton, 1858a: 303 . Type locality: England, Surrey, Headley Lane. Lectotype ♂ designated by Bradley (1952: 190), in NHMUK.

Cosmiotes stabilella: Braun (1948: 91) .

‡ Elachista stabiella; misspelling (Morris 1870: 216).

Subgenus: Elachista; freyerella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia (European part, Transbaikalia, E. Russia), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Agrostis sp., Avena sp., Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) Beauv., B. sylvaticum (Hudson) Beauv., Calamagrostis sp., Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv., Festuca arundinacea Schreber, Milium effusum L., Poa badensis Haenke ex Willd. (all Poaceae) (Warren 1878; Sønderup 1949; E.M. Hering 1957; Parenti & Varalda 1994).

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