Species Details

ABH: 38.046

BF: 630

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista albidella

=Biselachista rhynchosporella

Authority: Nylander, [1848]

Vernacular: Cottongrass Sedge-miner

Account: Local on bogs and acid heaths throughout the British Isles A small, nondescript moth, the main feature is an elongate dark brown spot on fold just before one-half, often entirely on a white ground colour (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva mines leaves of Deergrass, Slender Tufted-sedge, Greater Pond-sedge and Common Spike-rush.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 9 — 10 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (2011) — 24 Jul (2006)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Carex acuta (Slender Tufted-sedge), Carex sp. (a sedge), Eriophorum angustifolium (Common Cottongrass).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/elachista-albidella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 9

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2011

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