Species Details

ABH: 38.030

BF: 601

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista albifrontella

Authority: (Hübner, [1817])

Vernacular: White-headed Grass-miner

Account:

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:

Surrey Flight Period: 23 May (2007) — 27 Jun (2004)

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

Foodplant: Dactylis sp., Deschampsia sp., Gramineae., Holcus sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/elachista-albifrontella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 22

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2002

Latest Year: 2020

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