Elachista tetragonella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 131

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scientific name

Elachista tetragonella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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Elachista tetragonella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855) View in CoL

Poeciloptilia tetragonella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855: 301 , 308. Type locality: Switzerland, Engelbergs ( Frey 1856: 288). Holotype (sex not stated), in NHMUK.

Elachista tetragonella: Frey (1856: 287) View in CoL .

Subgenus: Elachista View in CoL ; tetragonella View in CoL species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Russia (European part), Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Carex montana L. ( Cyperaceae ) ( Stainton 1858a; Martini 1916; Steuer 1978).

Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Biesenbaum (1995), Steuer (1978).

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.

Frey, H. (1856) Die Tineen und Pterophoren der Schweiz. Meyer und Zeller, Zurich, xii + 430 pp.

Martini, W. (1916) Verzeichnis Thuringer Kleinfalter aus den Familien Pyralidae-Micropterygidae. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift Iris, 30, 153 - 186.

Stainton, H. T. (1858 a) Observations on British Tineina. The Entomologist's Annual, London, 1858, 73 - 82.

Steuer, H. (1978) Beitrage zur Kenntnis der Elachistiden (Lepidoptera). Teil III. Deutsche Entomologische Zeitschrift, 25, 159 - 169. https: // doi. org / 10.1002 / mmnd. 19780250110

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

Kingdom

Animalia

Phylum

Arthropoda

Class

Insecta

Order

Lepidoptera

SuperFamily

Gelechioidea

Family

Elachistidae

SubFamily

Elachistinae

Genus

Elachista