Elachista virgatula Kaila, 1997

Phigalia albella Chambers, 1875b: 107 . A secondary junior homonym of Tinea albella Müller, 1776: 137 . Type locality: U.S.A., Texas. Type material lost (Braun (1948: 42).

Elachista albella: Braun (1948: 41) .

Elachista virgatula Kaila, 1997: 48 . Replacement name for Phigalia albella Chambers, 1875b: 107 . Type locality: U.S.A., Colorado, Fort Collins (Kaila 1997: 48). Neotype ♂, designated by Kaila (1997: 48), in MCZ.

Aphigalia albella: Dyar (1903: 544) .

Subgenus: Aphelosetia; argentella species group.

Distribution: Nearctic. Canada (Alberta, Manitoba, Saskatchewan), U.S.A. (Arizona, Colorado, Nebraska, South Dakota, Texas, Wyoming).

Larval host plant(s): unknown.

Figs.: Kaila (1997).