Elachista bifasciella Treitschke, 1833

Elachista bifasciella Treitschke, 1833: 182 . Type locality: [Europe]. Type (s) in HNHM .

Elachista binella Zeller, 1839: 213 . Type locality: [Czech Republic], Bohemia (Zeller 1839: 213). Synonymy indicated by Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 310), as Poeciloptilia binella .

Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Latvia, Poland, Russia (European part), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Agrostis gigantea Roth, A stolonifera L., Brachypodium sylvaticum (Hudson) Beauv., Calamagrostis arundinacea (L.) Roth, C. varia (Schrader) Host, C. villosa (Chaix) J. F. Gmelin, Corynephorus canescens (L.) Beauv., Dactylis glomerata L., Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv., C. flexuosa (L.) Trin., Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill., F. ovina L., F. rubra L., Holcus mollis L., Milium effusum L., Poa nemoralis L. (all Poaceae) (Frey 1880; Schütze 1931; E.M. Hering 1957; Steuer 1976; Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977).

Figs.: Steuer (1976), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995).