Species Details

ABH: 38.025

BF: 597

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista atricomella

Authority: Stainton, 1849

Vernacular: Cock's-foot Miner

Account: Common on roadside verges, woodland edges and waste ground throughout the British Isles. Well-marked males, with dark head and centrally weak fascia are distinctive, but poorly marked specimens can only be identified by dissection of the genitalia. Larva mines leaves of Cock's-foot.

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: 11 — 13 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 20 May (2013) — 23 Jun (2010)

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

Foodplant: Dactylis sp.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 2 — Care needed to identify, an image may be required 🤔
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/elachista-atricomella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 6

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2018

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