''Elachista pigerella'' is a
moth of the family
Elachistidae. It is found from
Germany to the
Iberian Peninsula,
Sardinia and
Italy. It is also found in
Russia and on
Cyprus.
Adults are brownish and unicolorous.
The larvae feed on ''
Carex flacca
''Carex flacca'', with common names blue sedge, gray carex, glaucous sedge, or carnation-grass, (syn. ''Carex glauca''), is a species of sedge native to parts of Europe and North Africa. ''. They
mine the leaves of their host plant.
Larvae can be found from April to June.
References
pigerella
Moths described in 1854
Moths of Europe
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