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'''''Elachista anserinella''''' is a [[moth]] of the family [[Elachistidae]]. It is found from [[Scandinavia]] and the [[Baltic region]] to the [[Pyrenees]], [[Italy]] and [[Greece]] and from [[France]] to [[Russia]].<ref name=faunaeur/>

The [[wingspan]] is {{convert|10|-|11|mm}}. Adults are on wing from May to June.<ref>[http{{Cite web|title=Elachista anserinella|url=https://www.lepidoptera.se/species/elachista_anserinella.aspx Swedish Moths]|access-date=2022-12-13|website=www.lepidoptera.se}}</ref>

The larvae feed on ''[[Brachypodium pinnatum]]''. They [[leaf miner|mine]] the leaves of their host plant.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/argentella/argentella.htm|title=Elachista anserinella Zeller, 1839|publisher=Bladmineerders.nl|access-date=September 23, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930183822/http://www.bladmineerders.nl/minersf/lepidopteramin/elachista/argentella/argentella.htm|archivedate=September 30, 2011}}</ref> Larvae can be found in late spring.