Species Details

ABH: 38.023

BF: 595

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista biatomella

Authority: (Stainton, 1848)

Vernacular: Twin-spot Sedge-miner

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) on open grassland and heathland throughout England and Wales Larva mines leaves of Glaucous Sedge.

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: 7 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 5 May (2007) — 21 Jul (2006)

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

Foodplant: Carex flacca (Glaucous Sedge).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2011

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