🦋 Family

Elachistidae

6 species · Animals

Animalia › Arthropoda › Insecta › Lepidoptera › Elachistidae

Blastodacna atra, the apple pith moth, is a moth found in Europe and introduced to parts of North America, whose larvae mine apple shoots.

Haplochrois bipunctella is an Elachistidae moth found in North America whose larvae feed on and modify Croton engelmannii.

Microcolona limodes is an endemic New Zealand moth whose larvae feed on seeds of two Myrsine species.

Elachista argentella is an elachistid moth found across most of Europe, whose larvae mine grass leaves.

Elachista maculicerusella is a European Elachistidae moth with a 10–12 mm wingspan, flying from May to August.

Perittia herrichiella is an Elachistidae moth found across Eurasia and parts of North America, whose larvae mine host plant leaves.

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