''Elachista kilmunella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.

Description

The wingspan is . Adults are on wing from May to August. The head is grey, whitish sprinkled. Forewings are dark grey, basal area in female whitish ; a nearly straight fascia before middle, a tornal spot and costal spot beyond it united into a rather irregular fascia whitish, in female clearer ; cilia round apex more whitish. Hindwings are rather dark grey.

Biology

The larvae feed on greater pond sedge ('' Carex riparia'') and hare's-tail cottongrass (''

Eriophorum vaginatum ''Eriophorum'' (cottongrass, cotton-grass or cottonsedge) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Cyperaceae, the sedge family. They are found throughout the arctic, subarctic, and temperate portions of the Northern Hemisphere in acid bog ha ...

'') mining the leaves of their host plant. They are yellowish grey. Larvae can be found from April to July.

Distribution

It is found from northern Europe to the Alps and Hungary and from Ireland to Russia.

References

kilmunella Leaf miners Moths described in 1849 Moths of Europe Taxa named by Henry Tibbats Stainton {{Elachista-stub