An Elachista irrorata in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/8/2015). Identification verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA
An Elachista irrorata in Howard Co., Maryland (10/31/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
Elachista irrorata in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) treichard, all rights reserved.
Elachista irrorata in Baltimore Co., Maryland (9/28/2020). (c) Frode Jacobsen, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC).
An Elachista irrorata in Harford Co., Maryland (9/3/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
An Elachista irrorata in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/18/2014). Identification verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
Elachista irrorata in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) treichard, all rights reserved.
Elachista irrorata in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
Elachista irrorata in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) Timothy Reichard, all rights reserved.
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Very challenging genus. This species lacks a silvery streak in the wing fringes beyond the costal and dorsal white streaks that is found in Elachista illectella.
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An Elachista irrorata in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/8/2015). Identification verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA
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An Elachista irrorata in Howard Co., Maryland (10/31/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Anthony VanSchoor.
Elachista irrorata in Maryland (Date obscured). (c) treichard, all rights reserved.
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Timothy Reichard.
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An Elachista irrorata in Harford Co., Maryland (9/3/2016). Verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Dave Webb.
An Elachista irrorata in Anne Arundel Co., Maryland (8/18/2014). Identification verified by Roger Downer/BAMONA.
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Timothy Reichard.
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Source: Wikipedia
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Elachista |
| Species: | E. irrorata
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| Binomial name | |
| Elachista irrorata Braun, 1920
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Elachista irrorata is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America, where it has been recorded from Illinois, Indiana, Maine, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Ontario, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Virginia and West Virginia.[1]
The wingspan is 8.2–11 mm. Adults have been recorded on wing from March to October.
The larvae feed on Glyceria striata and Agrostis perennans. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The larvae can be found in April and May.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ Moth Photographers Group. "Elachista irrorata – 1100". Mississippi Entomological Museum. Retrieved 2022-12-28.
- ^ Annette F. Braun (1948). Elachistidae of North America (Microleptidoptera). Memoirs of the American Entomological Society. Vol. 13. Philadelphia: American Entomological Society. pp. 55–57.