Elachista staintonella Chambers, 1878

Elachista staintonella Chambers, 1878b: 96 . Type locality: U.S.A., Texas (Chambers 1878b: 96) (sex not stated); according to Miller & Hodges (1990: 56) a syntype ♂ in MCZ. Kaila (1999b: 112) considers the specimen to be the holotype .

Subgenus: Elachista; praelineata species group.

Distribution: Nearctic. U.S.A. (Arizona, Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming).

Larval host plant(s): unknown.

Figs.: Kaila (1999b).

Remarks: Kaila (1999b: 111, 112) erroneously placed E. staintonella in the Elachista gleichenella species group.