Species Details

ABH: 38.005

BF: 611

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista triatomea

Authority: (Haworth, 1828)

Vernacular: Triple-spotted Grass-miner

Account: Found in open grassland, hillsides and clifftops, throughout central and eastern England and south-eastern Scotland, also in central and western Scotland and Ireland (MBGBI Vol 3) The dark ciliary line and dark spots on the fold and at the apex of the cell are diagnostic (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva mines the leaves of Sheep's-fescue and Red 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 — 9mm

Surrey Flight Period: 12 Jun (2006) — 4 Jul (2005)

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

Foodplant: Festuca ovina (Sheep's-fescue), Festuca tenuifolia.

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-triatomea/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 8

Individuals: 0

Earliest Year: 2005

Latest Year: 2018

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