Status
Extinct in the British Isles. Recorded throughout western Europe.
Now split into complex of three species.
Elachista regificella, E. geminatella and E. tengstromi.
The only British specimens of E. geminatella were taken by Lord Walsingham at Merton, Norfolk in the latter half of the 19th century. Walsingham leg. & Coll. (BMNH)
Further info...
[The Elachista regificella sircom complex (Lep: Elachistidae) in Britain. L Kaila, J R Langmaid. Ent. Rec Vol. 117. 2005]
[A revision of the Elachista regificella Sircom -complex (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) Lauri Kaila, Bengt Å. Bengtsson, Ivars Òulcs & Jari Junnilainen. Nov 2001]Verification Grade Comment: Extinct  | Determination by Genitalia Examination Required | |
Recorded in 1 (1%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1888.
Last Recorded in 1894.
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