Species Details

ABH: 38.036

BF: 606

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista humilis

=Elachista occultella

=Elachista perplexella

Authority: Zeller, 1850

Vernacular: Dusky Grass-miner

Account: Common in a wide range of habitats throughout much of Britain, but not in the Highlands or Islands of Scotland; rare in Ireland The male is extremely similar to the small, poorly-marked upland form of E. alpinella from which it can often reliably be separated only by dissection of the genitalia (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva mines leaves of various grasses.

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: 30 May (2006) — 20 Jul (2008)

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

Foodplant: Deschampsia cespitosa (Tufted Hair-grass).

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 5

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2009

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