![]() Lep:Elachistidae
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38.004 Elachista
argentella (Clerck, 1759)
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Food Plant: a wide variety of grasses - mine illustrated is on Dactylis glomerata (Cock's-foot grass) Egg: near the tip of the leaf Mine: autumn - May Notes: It makes a small narrow mine in the autumn and overwinters. In the spring it changes leaves and mines tip downwards. The mine fills the leaf width (as shown). The frass is packed in the top of the mine (as shown). Imago reared to confirm identity. National Status: Common Bradley No: 610 Data: 09.v.2006, Chorlton, Lancashire, VC59 Image:© Ben Smart |
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