Elachista subnigrella Douglas, 1853

Elachista subnigrella Douglas, 1853: 210 . Type locality: England, Surrey, Mickleham (Douglas 1853: 210.) Type material in NHMUK.

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

Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Bromus erectus Hudson, B. pannonicus Kummer & Sendtner, Avena sp., Avenula pubescens (Hudson) Dumort., Festuca sp., Dactylis glomeratus L., Holcus mollis L. (all Poaceae) (Stainton 1854; E.M. Hering 1957; Szöcs 1971; Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977; Parenti & Varalda 1994).

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