Elachista brachyelytrifoliella Clemens, 1864

Elachista brachyelytrifoliella Clemens, 1864: 425 . Type locality: U.S.A., Pennsylvania, Easton (Clemens 1864: 426). Lectotype ♀, in ANSP, designated by Braun (1948: 98).

‡ Elachista brachyelythrifoliella; misspelling (Kaila 1999a: 167).

Dicranoctetes brachyelytrifoliella: Braun (1948: 98) .

Subgenus: Elachista; saccharella species group.

Distribution: Nearctic. U.S.A. (Arkansas, Kentucky, Mississippi, Ohio, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Virginia).

Larval host plant(s): Brachyelytrum erectum (Schreb.) Beauv. (Poaceae) (Braun 1948: 99).

Figs.: Kaila (1999b).

Remarks: Other host plants attributed to E. brachyelytrifoliella in the literature apply to related species (Kaila 1999b).