Elachista canapennella (Hübner, 1813)

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 33

Elachista canapennella (Hübner, 1813)

Tinea canapennella Hübner, 1813 : pl. 47, fig. 327, p. 427). Type locality: [Europe].

Elachista canapennella: Schnack (1985: 29) .

Tinea pulchella Haworth, 1828: 582 . Type locality: [ England]. Holotype ♀, in NHMUK. Junior homonym of Tinea pulchella Fabricius, 1794 ; Schnack (1985: 29).

Elachista canifoliella Treitschke, 1833: 178 . Type (s) in HNHM. Synonymized by Schnack (1985: 29).

Elachista salicis Tengström, 1848: 149 . Type localities: Finland, N, Porvoo [as Borgå], Helsinki [as Helsingfors], Kokkola [as G:la Carleby] and Oulu [as Uleåborg]. Undefined number of syntypes, not traced. Synonymized by Schnack (1985: 29).

Elachista obscurella Stainton, 1849: 26 . Type locality: Great Britain ( Stainton 1849: 26). Syntypes in NHMUK. Synonymized by Janmoulle (1949: 122).

Poeciloptilia incanella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 301 , 308. Type locality: [ Austria, Wien; Switzerland]. Lectotype ♂ designated by Wolff (1970: 174), in ZMHB. Synonymized [with E. pulchella ] by Wolff (1970: 173).

Elachista griseipunctella Bruand, 1859: 688 . Type locality: [Europe]. Bruand’s Elachista collection lost; identity based on Leraut (1997: 107).

‡ Elachista subobscurella Doubleday, 1859: 34 . Unavailable, not accompanied by a description.

Poeciloptilia montanella Wocke, 1862: 247 . Type locality: Norway, Bergen ( Wocke 1862: 248). Lectotype ♂ desig- nated by Traugott-Olsen (1974: 263), in ZMHB. Synonymized by Traugott-Olsen (1974: 263).

Elachista ranenensis Strand, 1919: 123 . Type locality: Norway, Ranen, Hemnesberget. Holotype ♂, in ZMHB. Synonymized by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 95).

Elachista albimarginella E.M. Hering, 1924: 78 . Type locality: “ Finland ”, Karelia Ladogensis, Sortavala [now Russia]. Holotype ♀, in MZH. Synonymized by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 95).

Elachista postremella Dufrane, 1957: 11 . Type locality: Belgium, Ciply ( Dufrane 1957: 13). Holotype ♂, in KBIN. Synonymized by Janmoulle (1962: 1).

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

Subgenus: Elachista ; bifasciella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia, Germany, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Ireland, Poland, Portugal, Russia (European part, Caucasus, Siberia), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. ( England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Agrostis stolonifera L., Arrhenaterum elatius (L.) Beuv. Ex J. & C. Presl, Avenula pubescens (Hudson) Dumort. , Dactylis glomerata L., Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv., Holcus mollis L., Poa sp. (all Poaceae ) ( Stainton 1858b; Frey 1880; E.M. Hering 1957; Ivinskis et al. 1985; Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977; Huttunen 1980; Parenti & Varalda 1994; Baran 2005).

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