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Elachista utonella

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is 8–9 millimetres (0.31–0.35 in). The head is grey in the male, whitish in the female.Forewings are rather dark fuscous or ochreous-grey, pale-sprinkled,lighter in female ; plical stigma elongate, black, preceded and followed by whitish marks ; a small tornal spot, and larger
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triangular anteriorly dark-edged opposite costal spot white.Hindwings are dark grey.The larva is grey ; head brown ; 2 pale yellowish,with two brown spots. Dissection is necessary to separate the moth from the similar
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There is one generation per year in Great Britain, but there are possibly two generations in continental Europe. The larvae feed on lesser pond-sedge (
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Scientific classification
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Eukaryota
Animalia
Arthropoda
Insecta
Lepidoptera
Elachistidae
Elachista
Binomial name
Frey
Synonyms
moth
Elachistidae
wingspan
Elachista albidella
Elachista eleochariella
Carex acutiformis
Carex brizoides
Carex distans
Carex disticha
Carex echinata
Carex elata
Carex flacca
Carex hirta
Carex muricata
Carex paniculata
Carex remota
Carex riparia

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