Elachista chrysodesmella Zeller, 1850

Elachista chrysodesmella Zeller, 1850: 203 . Type locality: Italy, Pisa. Lectotype ♂ designated by Parenti (1977: 37), in NHMUK.

Poeciloptilia chrysodesmella: Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 303) .

Subgenus: Aphelosetia; bedellella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy (continent, Sardinia), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia (European part), San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Brachypodium pinnatum (L.) Beauv., B. sylvaticum (Hudson) Beauv., Dactylis glomeratus L., Holcus sp., Poa sp., P. trivialis L., ( Poaceae), Carex sp., C. humilis Leyser Fl. Halens, C. montana L. ( Cyperaceae) (Frey 1880; Martini 1912a; Budashkin & Sinev 1991; Steuer 1976; Buszko 1990a; Langohr 1982, 1984; Parenti & Varalda 1994).

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