2003: Description of Elachista tanaella sp. n. (Elachistidae) from Arctic Norway. — Nota lepidopterologica 26: 83–87

Abstract. Elachista tanaella sp. n. is described from northernmost Norway. It differs from other Elachista species of the region by plain grey forewings, distally wide valvae with large hump in the male genitalia and in the female genitalia by a long tube-like colliculum gradually widening into the...

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Main Authors: Leif Aarvik, Kai Berggren
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Summary:Abstract. Elachista tanaella sp. n. is described from northernmost Norway. It differs from other Elachista species of the region by plain grey forewings, distally wide valvae with large hump in the male genitalia and in the female genitalia by a long tube-like colliculum gradually widening into the antrum. The habitat are bogs just above the timberline dominated by Carex rotundata. K e y wo r d s . Lepidoptera, Elachistidae, Elachista, new species, Norway.