The wingspan is 8–9 mm. The forewings are dark brown, with faint golden reflections. The base of the wing is silvery gray, with bluish reflections on the costa and golden reflections towards the dorsum. The hindwings are grayish brown. Adults have been recorded on wing from May to October.
The larvae feed on Carex pubescens, Carex cristata and Scirpus atrovirens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. They mine down an old leaf, then entering the leaf sheath of one a new inner basal leaf, then resuming upward towards the tip of the leaf. A single larva may mine several. The larvae are whitish or pale green.[2] Larvae can be found in early spring. Pupation takes place on the upper side of a leaf over the midrib.
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elachista, madarella, moth, family, elachistidae, found, north, america, where, been, recorded, from, illinois, indiana, maine, massachusetts, hampshire, jersey, york, ohio, ontario, pennsylvania, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animali. Elachista madarella is a moth of the family Elachistidae It is found in North America where it has been recorded from Illinois Indiana Maine Massachusetts New Hampshire New Jersey New York Ohio Ontario and Pennsylvania 1 Elachista madarella Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Elachistidae Genus Elachista Species E madarella Binomial name Elachista madarella Clemens 1860 Synonyms Cosmiotis madarella Clemens 1860 The wingspan is 8 9 mm The forewings are dark brown with faint golden reflections The base of the wing is silvery gray with bluish reflections on the costa and golden reflections towards the dorsum The hindwings are grayish brown Adults have been recorded on wing from May to October The larvae feed on Carex pubescens Carex cristata and Scirpus atrovirens They mine the leaves of their host plant They mine down an old leaf then entering the leaf sheath of one a new inner basal leaf then resuming upward towards the tip of the leaf A single larva may mine several The larvae are whitish or pale green 2 Larvae can be found in early spring Pupation takes place on the upper side of a leaf over the midrib References edit nbsp Wikimedia Commons has media related to Elachista madarella nbsp Wikispecies has information related to Elachista madarella mothphotographersgroup Memoirs of the American Entomological Society This article on a moth of the genus Elachista is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elachista madarella amp oldid 1187916654, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
