Elachista albifrontella (Hübner, 1817)

Tinea albifrontella Hübner, 1817: pl. 64, fig. 432. Type locality: [Europe].

Elachista albifrontella (Hübner, 1817); Zeller (1839: 212).

Amaurosetia albifrontella: Stephens (1834: 355) .

Poeciloptilia albifrontella: Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 300, 306).

Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia (European part, Southern Siberia), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Agrostis canina L., Alopecurus pratensis L., Arrhenaterum elatius (L.) Beauv. Ex J. & C. Presl, Avena sp., Avenula pubescens (Hudson) Dumort, Brachypodium sylvaticum (Hudson) Beauv., Bromus sp., Calamagrostis epigejos (L.) Roth, Dactylis glomerata L., Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv., Elymus repens (L.) Gould, Festuca rubra L., Holcus lanatus L., H. mollis L., Koeleria cristata (L.) Pers. (sensu lato), Milium effusum L., Phleum sp., Poa pratensis L., P. trivialis L., Triticum sp. (all Poaceae) (Stainton 1858a,b; Frey 1880; Sønderup 1949; E.M. Hering 1957; Buszko 1990a,b; Parenti & Varalda 1994).

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