Elachista obliquella Stainton, 1854

Elachista obliquella Stainton, 1854: 258 . Type locality: England, near London (Stainton 1854: 258). Neotype ♂ designated by Kozlov & Kaila (2002: 7), in NHMUK.

Tinea megerlella auct ., nec Hübner, 1810: Pl. 44, fig. 307. Neotype ♀ designated by Kozlov & Kaila (2002: 5). Type locality: Switzerland, Zürich, in NHMUK.

‡ Tinea albinella sensu Haworth, 1828: 581, nec Linnaeus, 1761. Type lost.

Poeciloptilia megerlella: Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 299, 303).

Svenssonia obliquella: Parenti (2009: 31) .

Subgenus: Aphelosetia; argentella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Norway, Poland, Russia (European part, Caucasus), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) Beauv., B. sylvaticum (Hudson) Beauv., Bromus erectus Hudson, B. ramosus Hudson, Calamagrostis sp., Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv., Elymus repens (L.) Gould, Hordelymus europaeus (L.) C. O. Harz, Koeleria sp., Melica uniflora Retz., Milium effusum L., Poa sp. ( Poaceae), Carex acuta L., C. elata All., C. ornithopoda Willd., C. spicata Hudson, C. sylvatica Hudson (Cyperaceae); summarized by Parenti & Varalda (1994).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996), Kozlov & Kaila (2002).