Elachista pollinariella Zeller, 1839

Elachista pollinariella Zeller, 1839: 213 . Type locality: Germany, Frankfurt. Lectotype ♀ designated by Traugott- Olsen (1973: 81), in NHMUK.

Poeciloptilia pollinariella: Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 302, 311).

Subgenus: Aphelosetia; argentella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia (European part, Caucasus), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Elymus repens (L.) Gould, Festuca arvernensis Auquier, Kerguélen & Markgr. -Dannenberg, F. longifolia Thuill., F. ovina L., F. rubra L., Poa pratensis L., P. trivialis L., Trisetum flavescens (L.) Beauv. (all Poaceae) (Parenti & Varalda 1994).

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

Remarks: Brachypodium sylvaticum (Hudson) Beauv., mentioned by Stainton (1858a) and repeated by Parenti & Varalda (1994) as a larval host plant, is referable to E. subocellea, earlier confused with E. pollinariella .