Elachista baltica E Hering, 1891
Lepidoptera, Elachistidae
hostplants
Poaceae, oligophagous
phenology
Mining larva in August (Hering, 1957a).
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
distribution within Europe
Finland, Germany (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
larva
Dirty lemon-yellow; head black, pronotum with a horse-shoe shaped spot. Pupa attached to the plant by some long silken strands at the fore and rear end, reminding of a Lyonetia.
synonyms
Traugott-Olsen & Schmidt Nielsen (1977a) consider baltica a junior synonym of freyerella; however, for the Fauna Europaea (2011) it is a separate species.
references
Hering (1957a), Sønderup (1949a), Traugott-Olsen & Schmidt Nielsen (1977a).
05/12/2011