Elachista geminatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Poeciloptilia geminatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 301, 309. Type locality: [Germany, Regensburg; Sweden; England]. Neotype ♀ designated by Kaila et al. (2001: 158): Germany, near Bonn, in ZMHB.

Elachista geminatella: Kaila et al. (2001: 158) .

Elachista magnificella Zeller, 1847a: 891, nec Duponchel, 1843: 321, pl. 77, fig. 2. Type locality: Italy, Sicily (Zeller 1847a: 891). Holotype ♀, in NHMUK. A junior secondary homonym of Oecophora magnificella Duponchel, 1843: 321 .

Elachista nieukerkeni Traugott-Olsen, 1995c: 366 . Type locality: Spain, Avila, Navarredonda de Gredos (Traugott- Olsen 1995c: 367). Holotype ♂, in RNHL. Synonymized by Kaila et al. (2001: 158).

Poeciloptilia magnificella; Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 310, 309).

‡ Elachista niukerkeni; misspelling (Traugott-Olsen 1995c: 372).

Subgenus: Atachia; regificella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, U.K. (England), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Luzula sylvatica (Hudson) Gaudin, L. luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott (Juncaceae) (Kaila et al. 2001; Parenti 2005).

Figs.: Kaila et al. (2001).

Remarks: Parenti’s (2005) note that specimens of Elachista nr. regificella, reared by Steuer from Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd. belong to E. geminatella seems erroneous, as all Steuer’s specimens from L. pilosa examined by Kaila et al. (2001) and all verified later records belong to E. tengstromi .