Species Details

ABH: 38.018

BF: 623

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista bisulcella

=Elachista zonariella

Authority: (Duponchel, [1843])

Vernacular: Yellow-edged Grass-miner

Account: Local in deciduous woodland and woodland edges throughout much of Britain and scattered localities in the southern half of Ireland The yellow outer edge of the fascia usually distinguishes this species. Larva mines leaves of Tufted Hair-grass and Tall Fescue.

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: 8 — 10 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 17 Aug (2005) — 17 Aug (2005)

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

Foodplant: Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass), Lolium arundinaceum.

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

Status: Local

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 1

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2005

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