Elachista kilmunella Stainton, 1849
moorland dwarf
mine
Undescribed.
host plants
Cyperaceae, oligophagous
Carex riparia; Eriophorum vaginatum.
Eriophorum is mentioned by Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Sruoga & Ivinskis (2005a) and others, but surprisingly not by Bland (1996a).
phenology
Larvae from April till July (Bland, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
NE recorded (Kuchlein 2004a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From northern Europe to the Alps and Hungary, and from Ireland to Central Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Yellowish grey (Bland, 1996a).
pupa
See Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a).
references
Bland (1996a), Buhl ao (1991a), Buszko (1990a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989b), Gerstberger (2000a), Karisch (1998a), Kuchlein (2004a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Robbins (1991a), Sruoga & Ivinskis (2005a, 2011a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a), Wegner (2010a).