Elachista occidentalis is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Greece and from Ireland to Poland.
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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. occidentalis
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| Elachista occidentalis Frey, 1882
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There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Carex digitata and Carex ericetorum. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1] They are greyish green.
References
edit- ^ "Elachista occidentalis Frey, 1882". Bladmineerders.nl. Archived from the original on September 27, 2012. Retrieved September 12, 2011.