Food Plant: Festuca rubra (Red Fescue)

Mine: September-November;June-July

Notes: The mine starts close to the base of the leaf and widens as it progresses upwards., finally occupying the width of the leaf. The initial mine is whitish and it becomes a whitish-yellow in oits final stages. Found in coastal regions and calcareous grasslands. It also occurs on coastal cliffs and maritime heaths.

Synonym: Elachista cahorsensis

National Status: pRDB2

Bradley No: 615

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References:
Heckford RJ (2010) - Notes on the history and biology of Elachista triseriatella Stainti=on, 1854, and E.cahorsensis Traugott-Olsen, 1992 (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) in the British Isles, Entomologist's Gazette 61:133-142