Elachista ornithopodella Frey, 1859

Elachista ornithopodella Frey, 1859: 194 . Type locality: Switzerland, Zürich (Frey 1859: 195). Lectotype ♂ desig- nated by Parenti (1977: 20), in NHMUK.

Biselachista ornithopodella: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 260) .

Subgenus: Elachista; tetragonella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Finland, Germany, Italy, Liechstenstein, Romania, Russia (European part), Switzerland.

Larval host plant(s): Carex digitata L., C. montana L., C. ornithopoda Willd., C. sempervirens Vill. (Cyperaceae) (Frey 1859; Steuer 1987; Parenti & Varalda 1994; Siloaho et al. 2008).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Siloaho et al. (2008), Parenti & Pizzolato (2015b).