Elachista differens Parenti, 1978

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 47-48

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scientific name	Elachista differens Parenti, 1978
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Elachista differens Parenti, 1978 View in CoL

Elachista differens Parenti, 1978: 22 View in CoL . Type locality: France, Lot, Douelle ( Parenti 1978: 22). Holotype ♂, in MRSN.

Elachista kosteri Traugott-Olsen, 1995c: 367 View in CoL . Type locality: Greece, Peloponnes, Zachlorou ( Traugott-Olsen 1995c: 368). Holotype in ZMAK. Syn. nov.

Subgenus: Atachia View in CoL ; gleichenella View in CoL species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, France, Germany, Greece (Crete, Rhodos, Lesvos, Samos), Switzerland.

Larval host plant(s): Carex ferruginea Scop. (Cyperaceae) ( Parenti 1978).

Figs.: Parenti (1978), Traugott-Olsen (1995c), Kaila & Biesenbaum (1995), Biesenbaum (1995).

Remarks: After examination of samples collected throughout southern Europe, including females from an extensive range, there appears to be no differences between E. differens Parenti and E. kosteri Traugott-Olsen. Therefore , E. kosteri Traugott-Olsen is considered a subjective junior synonym of E. differens Parenti , syn. nov.

References

Biesenbaum, W. (1995) Die Lepidopterenfauna der Rheinlande und Westfalens. Band 4. Familie Elachistidae Bruand, 1850 - Unterfamilie Elachistinae Swinhoe & Cotes, 1889 (mit Fundortlisten, Verbreitungskarten und Farbabbildungen). Arbeitsgemeinschaft rheinisch-westfalischer Lepidopterologen, Dusseldorf, 198 pp., 10 pls.

Kaila, L. & Biesenbaum, W. (1995) Redescription of Elachista differens Parenti, 1978 (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Nota lepidopterologica, 17, 113 - 119.

Parenti, U. (1978) Nuove specie paleartiche del Genere Elachista Treitschke (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Bollettino del Museo di Zoologia dell'Universita di Torino, 1978 (4), 15 - 26.

Traugott-Olsen, E. (1995 c) The Elachista gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781) group with descriptions of three new species (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae, Elachistinae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 23, 365 - 377.