Elachista geminatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 63

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scientific name	Elachista geminatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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Elachista geminatella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) View in CoL

Poeciloptilia geminatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 301 , 309. Type locality: [ Germany, Regensburg ; Sweden; England]. Neotype ♀ designated by Kaila et al. (2001: 158): Germany, near Bonn, in ZMHB.

Elachista geminatella: Kaila et al. (2001: 158) View in CoL .

Elachista magnificella Zeller, 1847a: 891 View in CoL , nec Duponchel, 1843: 321, pl. 77, fig. 2. Type locality: Italy, Sicily ( Zeller 1847a: 891). Holotype ♀, in NHMUK. A junior secondary homonym of Oecophora magnificella Duponchel, 1843: 321 .

Elachista nieukerkeni Traugott-Olsen, 1995c: 366 View in CoL . Type locality: Spain, Avila, Navarredonda de Gredos (Traugott- Olsen 1995c: 367). Holotype ♂, in RNHL. Synonymized by Kaila et al. (2001: 158).

Poeciloptilia magnificella ; Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 310, 309).

‡ Elachista niukerkeni ; misspelling ( Traugott-Olsen 1995c: 372).

Subgenus: Atachia ; regificella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, France, Germany, Latvia, Netherlands, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, U.K. ( England), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Luzula sylvatica (Hudson) Gaudin , L. luzuloides (Lam.) Dandy & Wilmott (Juncaceae) ( Kaila et al. 2001; Parenti 2005).

Figs.: Kaila et al. (2001).

Remarks: Parenti’s (2005) note that specimens of Elachista nr. regificella , reared by Steuer from Luzula pilosa (L.) Willd. belong to E. geminatella seems erroneous, as all Steuer’s specimens from L. pilosa examined by Kaila et al. (2001) and all verified later records belong to E. tengstromi .