Elachista collitella (Duponchel, 1843)

Oecophora collitella Duponchel, 1843: 327, pl. 77, fig. 9. Type locality: [ Eastern Austria], Vienna region (Wocke 1876: 478) . Type material not stated.

Elachista collitella: Stainton (1858a: 318) .

Poeciloptilia grossepunctella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 302, 312. Type locality: Germany, Muggendorf. Lectotype ♂ in NHMUK, designated by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 105). Synonymized by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 105).

Poeciloptilia collitella: Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 311) .

Subgenus: Aphelosetia; argentella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland, U.K. (England, Wales).

Larval host plant(s): Festuca ovina L., F. valesiaca Schleicher ex Gaudin, Poa pratensis L., Koeleria cristata Pers. (all Poaceae) (Martini 1912b, Szöcs 1971).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Bland (1996).