Species Details

ABH: 38.042

BF: 626

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista serricornis

Authority: Stainton, 1854

Vernacular: Dusky Sedge-miner

Account: Nationally scarce (Na) in bogs and damp woodland in widely separated localities throughout Britain and Ireland The strong serrations on the antenna, from which it is named, are characteristic. Larva mines leaves of Heath Sedge and Wood Sedge.

Update: Status review, Dec 2019.

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: 6.5 — 9 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Jul (2010) — 26 Jul (2010)

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

Foodplant:

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

Status: Nationally Scarce A

UK BAP:

WCA:

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

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 3

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2001

Latest Year: 2010

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