Elachista cinereopunctella (Haworth, 1828)

Tinea cinereopunctella Haworth, 1828: 581 . Type locality: England, Kent. Deposition of type material unknown. Elachista cinereopunctella: Stainton (1849: 25) .

Microsetia cinereopunctella: Stephens (1834: 265) .

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

Biselachista cinereopunctella: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 258) .

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania Norway, Poland, Portugal, Russia (European part, E. Russia), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Carex digitata L., C. ericetorum Pollich, C. flacca Schreber, C. humilis Leysser, C. ornithopoda Willd., C. pilosa Scop. (Cyperaceae) (Stainton 1858a; E.M. Hering 1951; Wörz 1957). There are also records from Poaceae that require verification.

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996), Parenti & Pizzolato (2015b).