Species Details

ABH: 38.024

BF: 596

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista poae

Authority: Stainton, 1855

Vernacular: Sweet-grass Miner

Account: Nationally scarce (Nb) by ponds, lakes and slow-moving streams throughout much of England and Wales The sharply angulate median fascia edged with dark ground colour distally characterises this species (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva mines leaves of Reed Sweet-grass.

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 — 12 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 15 May (2010) — 15 May (2010)

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

Foodplant: Glyceria maxima (Reed Sweet-grass).

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

Status: Nationally Scarce B

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 4

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2010

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