Species Details

ABH: 38.038

BF: 608

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista rufocinerea

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Speckled Grass-miner

Account: Common in grassland, bogs and heaths throughout the British Isles, but not in northern Scotland. The distribution in Hampshire mirrors those areas in which trapping effort is concentrated, and the moth is probably more widely distributed than the records suggest, but very infrequently recorded on the Isle of Wight. Wingspan 10-11 mm. The reddish ochreous suffusion on a plain ochreous-white ground is diagnostic (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: 10 — 11 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 10 Apr (2007) — 20 May (2010)

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

Foodplant: Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-Grass), Holcus mollis (Creeping Soft-grass), Lolium arundinaceum.

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

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 30

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2025

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