Elachista disemiella Zeller, 1847

Elachista disemiella Zeller, 1847a: 893 . Type locality: Italy, Sicilia, near Messina. Lectotype ♂, designated by Parenti (1977: 41), in NHMUK.

Poeciloptilia disemiella: Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 313) .

‡ Elachista dissemiella; misspelling (Frey 1856: 301).

Subgenus: Aphelosetia; dispilella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. France, Hungary, Italy (Sardinia), Portugal, Spain (continent and Mallorca), Tunisia.

Larval host plant(s): Ampelodesmos mauritanica (Poiret) T. Durand & Schinz (Poaceae) (Parenti & Varalda 1994).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen (1992); Kaila (2015b).

Remarks: Distribution records outside the Mediterranean region are likely referable to other species in the taxonomically difficult E. dispunctella species complex (Kaila 2015b).