Elachista alpinella Stainton, 1854

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 17

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Elachista alpinella Stainton, 1854
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Elachista alpinella Stainton, 1854 View in CoL

Elachista alpinella Stainton, 1854: 254 View in CoL . Type locality: England, Manchester district ( Stainton 1854: 254) . Types not stated.

Poeciloptilia latipennella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 301 View in CoL , 308. Type locality: England, Manchester district. Unnecessary replacement name for E. alpinella ( Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977: 76) View in CoL .

Elachista monticola Wocke, 1876: 495 View in CoL . Type locality: Switzerland, Oberharz ( Wocke 1876: 495). Syntypes in ZISP.

Elachista turfosella Frey, 1885: 100 View in CoL . Type locality: Switzerland: Harz. Synonymy suggested by Nolcken in Wocke (1876: 495). See Remarks.

Elachista subquadrella Ragonot, 1889: 106 View in CoL . Type locality: France: Sèvres, Fonceaux ( Ragonot 1889: 106). Holotype ♂, in MNHN.

Elachista oxytypa Braun, 1948: 58 View in CoL . Type locality: Canada: Quebec, Bradore Bay ( Braun 1948: 59). Holotype ♂, in CNC. Synonymized by Kaila (1999a: 35).

Elachista montana Wocke, 1876: 495 ; misspelling of Elachista monticola Wocke, 1876 View in CoL .

Elachista latipenella View in CoL ; misspelling ( Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977: 76).

Subgenus: Elachista ; bifasciella species group.

Distribution: Holarctic. Austria, Canada (Manitoba, Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon), Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Liechstenstein, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Russia (European part), Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. ( England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine, U.S.A. (Alaska).

Larval host plant(s): Carex riparia Curtis , C. acuta L., C. acutiformis Ehrh. , C. flava x hostiana, C. paniculata L. ( Cyperaceae ) ( Stainton 1879, E. Hering 1891, Gudmann 1930, Steuer 1973, Bland 1996).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Bland (1996), Steuer (1973), Kaila (1999b).

Remarks: Wocke (1876: 494) considers E. turfosella to be a synonym of E. kilmunella (as E. stagnalis ). In page 494, ibid, Nolcken considers it a synonym of E. alpinella (as E. monticola ). Nolcken’s interpretation is based on rearing a record from mines on leaves on Carex . This interpretation, followed here, is in accordance with the biology of E. alpinella , not E. kilmunella which is a stem miner on Eriophorum (Cyperaceae) .

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.

Bland, K. P. (1996) Elachistidae. In: Emmet, A. M. (Ed.), The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 3. Ypomomeutidae-Elachistidae. Harley Books, Essex, pp. 339 - 410

Braun, A. F. (1948) Elachistidae of North America (Microlepidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society, 13, 1 - 110, 26 pls.

Frey, H. (1885) Zur Kenntnis des Tineen-Genus Elachista. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, 46, 97 - 108.

Gudmann, F. (1930) Nogle biologiske iagttagelser vedrorende Smaasommerfugle, samt nogle praktiske vink med hensyn til klaekningen af disse. Flora og Fauna, 1930, 8 - 24.

Hering, E. (1891) Erganzungen und Berichtigungen zu F. O. Buttner's Pommerschen Mikrolepidopteren. Stettiner Entomologische Zeitung, Stettin (Szczecin), 52, 135 - 227.

Kaila, L. (1999 a) Phylogeny and classification of the Elachistidae s. s. (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea). Systematic Entomology, 24, 139 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.1046 / j. 1365 - 3113.1999.00069. x

Kaila, L. (1999 b) A revision of the Nearctic species of the genus Elachista s. l. III. The bifasciella, praelineata, saccharella and freyerella groups (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Acta Zoologica Fennica, 211, 1 - 235.

Ragonot, E. L. (1889) Description de diverses especes nouvelles de Microlepidopteres de France et d'Algerie: Cochylis, Nemotois, Depressaria, Oecophora, Elachista et Eriocephala. Bulletin de la Societe entomologique de France, 1889, 105 - 107.

Stainton, H. T. (1854) Insecta Britannica. Lepidoptera: Tineina viii. Lovell Reeve, London, 313 pp., 10 pls. https: // doi. org / 10.5962 / bhl. title. 67721

Stainton, H. T. (1879) On Elachista kilmunella and some closely allied species. Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 15, 174 - 179.

Steuer, H. (1973) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Elachistiden (Lepidoptera). Teil I. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 20, 153 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 19730200104

Traugott-Olsen, E. & Nielsen, E. S. (1977) The Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Klampenborg, 6, 1 - 299.

Wocke, M. F. (1876) Heinemann (1876 1877 ), Die Schmetterlinge Deutschlands und der Schweiz. Zweite Abtheilung, Kleinschmetterlinge. 2. Die Motten und Federmotten. C. A. Schwetschke und Sohn, Braunschweig, vi + 825 + 102 pp.

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Gelechioidea

Family

Elachistidae

SubFamily

Elachistinae

Genus

Elachista