Elachista bedellella (Sircom, 1848)

Microsetia bedellella Sircom, 1848: 2037 . Type locality: England, Liverpool (Sircom 1848: 2037). Neotype ♂, in NHMUK, designated by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 115).

Elachista bedellella: Stainton (1849: 26) .

Poeciloptilia truncatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 300, 305. Type locality: [Europe]. Lectotype #m, designated by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 115), in NHMUK [type locality not known]. Synonymized by Stainton (1858b: 126).

Poeciloptilia nigrella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 305 . Unnecessary replacement name for Poeciloptilia truncatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 300, 305.

Elachista truncatella: Frey (1856: 297) .

‡ Elachista bedelella; misspelling (Frey 1856: 140).

Subgenus: Aphelosetia; bedellella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia (European part, Caucasus, Southern Siberia), San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Avena sp., Avenula pratensis (L.) Dumort., Poa trivialis L., Festuca ovina L., F. rupicola Heuffel, F. trachyphylla (Hackel) Krajina, Phleum sp., Poa trivialis L. (all Poaceae) (Stainton 1858a,b; Hoffmann 1893; Sønderup 1949; Lhomme 1951; Szöcs 1971; Buszko 1990b; E.M. Hering 1957; Parenti & Varalda 1994).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996), Kaila (2007).