Food Plant: Brachypodium sylvaticum (False Brome), Bromus erectus (Upright Brome), Hordelymus europaeus (wood barley) and other Gramineae (Grasses).
Egg: Often two or three close together on the upper side.
Mine: November-May; July.
Pupa: Attached to leaf or stem with silken girdle.
Notes: Initially a narrow brownish mine with blackish frass at its base (as shown). The larva then moves to another leaf, forming a broader mine. Both mines can pucker the blade. Mine shown on Brachypodium sylvaticum
Synonmy: Elachista megerlella
National Status: Nationally Scarce B
Bradley No: 617
Data: 27.iii.2012, Heyshott, West Sussex, VC13, John Langmaid, Tony Davis
Image:ゥ Tony Davis
References:
Langdon William BV (2024) - Wood Barley Hordelymus europaeus (L.)
Jess. ex Harz: A foodplant for Elachista
apicipunctella (Stainton, 1849), Elachista luticomella (Zeller,
1839) and Elachista
obliquella (Stainton, 1854) (Lep.: Elachistidae),Ent. Record J.
Var 136(2), 65-70
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