Elachista poae Stainton, 1855
(Sweet-grass Dwarf)

Taxonomic hierarchy:
SpeciesElachista poae (Sweet-grass Dwarf)
GenusElachista (Zoo.) (a genus of micro-moths)
FamilyELACHISTIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
SuperfamilyGELECHIOIDEA (a superfamily of mainly leaf-miner micro-moths)
InfraorderDitrysia (butterflies and most moths)
InfraorderHeteroneura (an infraorder of moths and butterflies)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)
Records of Elachista poae (Sweet-grass Dwarf) :
1: Elachista poae (Sweet-grass Dwarf)
28 May 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Female
Image 1: Female
2: Elachista poae (Sweet-grass Dwarf)
9 May 1970 OSGR: TG10 52° 40’ N, 1° 10’ E Vice County: East Norfolk (VC 27) England
Pupa on Reed Sweetgrass
Image 1: Adult - dorsal view - highly enlargedImage 2: Pupa - highly enlarged

Elachista poae (Sweet-grass Dwarf) may be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

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