Elachista excelsicola Braun, 1948

Elachista excelsicola Braun, 1948: 62 . Type locality: U.S.A., New Hampshire, Mount Washington (Braun 1948: 62). Holotype ♂, in CNC.

Elachista parasella Traugott-Olsen, 1974: 267 . Type locality: Norway, TRi, Paras (Traugott-Olsen, 1974: 268). Holotype ♂, in ZMUC. Synonymized by Kaila (1999b: 41).

Subgenus: Elachista; bifasciella species group.

Distribution: Holarctic. Austria, Finland, Germany, Norway, Poland, Russia (North Ural, South Siberia), Slovakia, Sweden, U.S.A. (Alaska, New Hampshire).

Larval host plant(s): unknown.

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen (1974), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977) (as E. parasella), Kaila (1999b), Powell & Opler (2009).