Elachista pollutella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from France and Belgium to Ukraine and from Germany to Italy, Hungary and Romania. It has also been recorded from Greece, southern parts of European Russia and the Crimea, Siberian Russia and Mongolia.[2]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. pollutella
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| Elachista pollutella | |
The larvae feed on Elymus hispidus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[4]
References edit
- ^ Fauna Europaea
- ^ On species related to Elachista pollutella Duponchel (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae), with descriptions of four new Palaearctic species
- ^ "A magyarországi molylepkék gyakorlati albuma" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-09-01. Retrieved 2011-09-08.
- ^ "bladmineerders.nl". Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-08.