Elachista alpinella Stainton, 1854

Elachista alpinella Stainton, 1854: 254 . Type locality: England, Manchester district (Stainton 1854: 254) . Types not stated.

Poeciloptilia latipennella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 301, 308. Type locality: England, Manchester district. Unnecessary replacement name for E. alpinella (Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977: 76) .

Elachista monticola Wocke, 1876: 495 . Type locality: Switzerland, Oberharz (Wocke 1876: 495). Syntypes in ZISP.

Elachista turfosella Frey, 1885: 100 . Type locality: Switzerland: Harz. Synonymy suggested by Nolcken in Wocke (1876: 495). See Remarks.

Elachista subquadrella Ragonot, 1889: 106 . Type locality: France: Sèvres, Fonceaux (Ragonot 1889: 106). Holotype ♂, in MNHN.

Elachista oxytypa Braun, 1948: 58 . Type locality: Canada: Quebec, Bradore Bay (Braun 1948: 59). Holotype ♂, in CNC. Synonymized by Kaila (1999a: 35).

‡ Elachista montana Wocke, 1876: 495; misspelling of Elachista monticola Wocke, 1876 .

‡ Elachista latipenella; misspelling (Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977: 76).

Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.

Distribution: Holarctic. Austria, Canada (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Liechstenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia (European part), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine, U.S.A. (Alaska).

Larval host plant(s): Carex riparia Curtis, C. acuta L., C. acutiformis Ehrh., C. flava x hostiana, C. paniculata L. ( Cyperaceae) (Stainton 1879, E. Hering 1891, Gudmann 1930, Steuer 1973, Bland 1996).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996), Steuer (1973), Kaila (1999b).

Remarks: Wocke (1876: 494) considers E. turfosella to be a synonym of E. kilmunella (as E. stagnalis). In page 494, ibid, Nolcken considers it a synonym of E. alpinella (as E. monticola). Nolcken’s interpretation is based on rearing a record from mines on leaves on Carex . This interpretation, followed here, is in accordance with the biology of E. alpinella, not E. kilmunella which is a stem miner on Eriophorum (Cyperaceae) .