Elachista freyerella

Elachista freyerella is a moth of the family Elachistidae that is found in all of Europe, except the Balkan Peninsula.

[1] The wingspan is 7–8 millimetres (0.28–0.31 in).The head is dark grey, whitish-sprinkled, face paler or whitish.

Forewings are blackish, somewhat paler-sprinkled; an oblique fascia before middle, in male indistinct and sometimes interrupted, a tornal spot, and an opposite costal spot (appearing together to form a perpendicular interrupted fascia) whitish, in female whiter and more distinct.

The larva is pale yellowish-grey; head black or pale brown; 2 with two black spots[2][3] [4] The larvae feed on bent (Agrostis species), bromes (Bromus species), cocksfoot grasses (Dactylis species), tall fescue (Festuca arundinacea), red fescue (Festuca rubra), soft grass (Holcus), crested hair-grass (Koeleria macrantha), annual meadow grass (Poa annua), Poa badensis, wood bluegrass (Poa nemoralis), common meadow-grass (Poa pratensis), rough meadow-grass (Poa trivialis), Trisetum ciliare and Triticum.

This article on a moth of the genus Elachista is a stub.

Two mined leaf blades of a Poa species
Larva