Elachista illectella ( Clemens, 1860 )

Elachista illectella ( Clemens, 1860) View in CoL

Cosmiotes illectella Clemens, 1860: 9 View in CoL . Type locality: not stated in the original description; according to Braun (1948), U.S.A., Pennsylvania, Easton. Type material lost ( Busck 1903: 197).

Elachista illectella: Stainton (1872b: 98) View in CoL .

Elachista praematurella Clemens, 1860: 172 View in CoL . Type locality: U.S.A., Pennsylvania. Type material: not stated in original reference; Busck (1903) refers to two syntypes. According to Braun (1948) holotype ♂ deposited in ANSP. This specimen is the lectotype, not the holotype.

Elachista cristatella Chambers, 1876: 172 View in CoL . Type locality: U.S.A., Kentucky. Holotype ♂, in MCZ according to Braun (1948); not mentioned by Miller & Hodges (1990).

Elachista albapalpella Chambers, 1881: 294 View in CoL . Type locality: U.S.A., Massachusetts, Amherst ( Chambers 1881: 294). Type material: not stated in original reference; holotype ♀, in USNM ( Braun 1948). Synonymized by Braun (1948: 92).

Aphelosetia illectella: Forbes (1923: 223) .

‡ Elachista illicetella ; misspelling ( Dyar 1903: 536).

Subgenus: Elachista ; freyerella species group.

Distribution: Nearctic. Canada ( Alberta, Newfoundland, Ontario, Quebec), U.S.A. ( Arkansas, Connecticut, District of Columbia, Illinois, Kentucky, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Mississippi, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia).

Larval host plant(s): Agrosti s sp., Bromus sp., Poa spp., Elymus sp., Hystrix sp., Oryzopis sp., Phleum sp., Piptatherum sp. (all Poaceae ) ( Braun 1948).

Figs.: Kaila (1999b).