Elachista luticomella Zeller, 1839

Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), Zootaxa 4632 (1), pp. 1-231 : 87-88

Elachista luticomella Zeller, 1839

Elachista luticomella Zeller, 1839: 212 . Type locality: Poland, Glogów [as Germany, Glogau] ( Zeller 1839: 212). Neotype ♂ designated by Parenti (1977: 35), in NHMUK.

Elachista flavicomella Stainton, 1856: 39 . Type locality: Ireland, Howth ( Stainton 1856: 40).

Tinea guttella Hübner, 1796: 65 , pl. 26, fig. 176; primary junior homonym of Tinea guttella Fabricius, 1781 . Type (s) lost.

Tinea guttella Haworth (1828: 582) ; primary junior homonym of Tinea guttella Fabricius, 1781 . Stainton (1858a: 326) suggests with doubts its conspecifity with E. luticomella Zeller.

Microsetia guttella Stephens [1834 –1835]: 265. See Remarks.

Poeciloptilia luticomella: Herrich-Schäffer (1855: 300, 305).

Subgenus: Elachista ; bifasciella species group.

Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, Ireland, Latvia, Lithuania, Norway, Poland, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland, U.K. ( England, Scotland, Wales), Ukraine.

Larval host plant(s): Bromus ramosus Hudson , Dactylis glomerata L., D. aschersoniana Graebn. ), Deschampsia cespitosa (L.) Beauv., Festuca gigantea (L.) Vill., F. pratensis Hudson , Melica uniflora Retz. , Milium effusum L., Poa pratensis L. (all Poaceae ) ( Stainton 1858a; Frey 1859; Martini 1916; Groschke 1939; E.M. Hering 1957; Wörz 1957; Szöcs 1971; Steuer 1987; Buszko 1990b).

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

Remarks: All records outside Europe checked by the author have proven to belong to E. baikalica Kaila. The identity of Microsetia guttella is unresolved, and the type specimen has not been found. It is, however, possible that it may eventually be located. The identity of this name as understood since Stainton (1858a: 326) as a possible synonym of E. luticomella is here followed.