''Elachista colouratella'' is a
moth in the family
Elachistidae. It was described by Sinev and Sruoga in 1995. It is found in
Japan
Japan ( ja, 日本, or , and formally , ''Nihonkoku'') is an island country in East Asia. It is situated in the northwest Pacific Ocean, and is bordered on the west by the Sea of Japan, while extending from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north ...
and the
Russian Far East.
The larvae feed on ''
Carex insaniae
''Carex'' is a vast genus of more than 2,000 species of grass-like plants in the family Cyperaceae, commonly known as sedges (or seg, in older books). Other members of the family Cyperaceae are also called sedges, however those of genus ''Car ...
''. They
mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a full-depth linear blotch.
Japanese Moths
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References
Moths described in 1995
colouratella
Moths of Asia
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