Elachista consortella Stainton, 1851

Elachista consortella Stainton, 1851: 9 . Type locality: U.K., Scotland, Edinburgh, Arthur’s Seat. Lectotype ♂ des- ignated by Bradley (1966b: 223), in NHMUK.

Elachista roesslerella Wocke, 1876: 489 . Type locality: Germany, Wiesbaden. Holotype ♂, in MWNH. Synony- mized by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 276).

Elachista exiguella Frey, 1885: 105 . Type locality: Switzerland, Wallis (Frey 1885: 105). Lectotype designated by

Bradley (1952: 190), in NHMUK. Synonymized by Bradley (1966b: 223). Elachista tyrrhaenica Amsel, 1951a: 143 . Type locality: Italy, Sardinia, Muravera (Amsel 1951a: 144. Holotype ♂,

in SMNK. Synonymized by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 276). Poeciloptilia consortella: Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 300, 304). Cosmiotes consortella: Bradley & Pelham-Clinton (1967: 122) . Subgenus: Elachista; freyerella species group. Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France (continent, Corsica),

Georgia, Germany, Greece (continent, Cos, Crete, Cyprus), Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Morocco, Norway,

Portugal, Russia (Caucasus), Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tadzikistan, U.K. (England,

Scotland, Wales), Ukraine. Larval host plant(s): Cynodon dactylon (L.) Pers., Poa annua L. ( Poaceae) (Heckford 1994; Parenti & Varalda

1994). Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996).