Elachista scirpi Stainton 1887

• Main Author: Kaila, Lauri
• Format: Text
• Language: unknown
• Published: Zenodo 2019
• Subjects: Biodiversity; Taxonomy; Animalia; Arthropoda; Insecta; Lepidoptera; Elachistidae; Elachista; Elachista scirpi; Norway; Watkins; Lauri; Fennoscandia
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.4921122; https://zenodo.org/record/4921122

Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887 Elachista scirpi Stainton, 1887a: 253. Type locality: U.K., Wales, Pembroke (Stainton 1887a: 254). Type series not stated, in NHMUK. Biselachista margareteae Traugott-Olsen, 1994: 333. Type locality: Italy, Toscana, Maremma (Traugott-Olsen 1994: 334). Holotype ♂, in Aren. Synonymized by Huemer & Kaila (2002): 218. Biselachista scirpi : Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977: 264). Subgenus: Elachista tetragonella species group. Distribution: Palearctic. Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy (continent, Sicily), Norway, Portugal, Russia (European part), Sweden, U.K. (England, Wales). Larval host plant(s): Scirpus maritimus L., (Cyperaceae), Juncus gerardii Loiseleur-Deslongchamps, J. compressus Jacq. (Juncaceae) (Stainton 1887b; Fletcher 1887; Meyrick 1928). Figs.: Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977), Bland (1996), Parenti & Pizzolato (2015b). : Published as part of Kaila, Lauri, 2019, An annotated catalogue of Elachistinae of the World (Lepidoptera: Gelechioidea: Elachistidae), pp. 1-231 in Zootaxa 4632 (1) on page 119, DOI: 10.11646/zootaxa.4632.1.1, http://zenodo.org/record/3335414 : {"references": ["Stainton, H. T. (1887 a) Description of a new species of Elachista allied to rhyncosporella, Stn. Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 23, 253 - 254.", "Traugott-Olsen, E. (1994) Identity of Biselachista freyi (Staudinger, 1870) and Biselachista occidentalis (Frey, 1882), description of five new species (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 22, 323 - 348.", "Huemer, P. & Kaila, L. (2002) Elachista (Elachista) morandinii sp. n., a new species from Central Europe (Lepidoptera, Elachistidae). Gortania, 24, 211 - 220.", "Traugott-Olsen, E. & Nielsen, E. S. (1977) The Elachistidae (Lepidoptera) of Fennoscandia and Denmark. Fauna Entomologica Scandinavica, Klampenborg, 6, 1 - 299.", "Stainton, H. T. (1887 b) On the life history of Elachista scirpi. Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 23, 254 - 255.", "Fletcher, W. H. B. (1887) On the life-history of Elachista scirpi. Entomologist's monthly Magazine, 23, 254 - 255.", "Meyrick, E. (1928) A revised handbook of British Lepidoptera. Watkins & Doncaster, London, 924 pp.", "Bland, K. P. (1996) Elachistidae. In: Emmet, A. M. (Ed.), The moths and butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Vol 3. Ypomomeutidae-Elachistidae. Harley Books, Essex, pp. 339 - 410", "Parenti, U. & Pizzolato, F. (2015 b) Revison of European Elachistidae. The genus Biselachista Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen, 1977, stat. rev. (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae). SHILAP Revista de lepidopterologia, 43, 537 - 575."]}