38.012 BF617  -  Elachistidae - Elachista obliquella - Woodland Grass-miner - Stainton 1854 Adult Micro:  CAT 4 - Gen. Det. Required - Gen-Det-Reqd       Leaf-miner:  CAT L - The leaf or a Photo required - reared and possibly dissected       PDF Icon - click for General Verification Guidelines  |   PDF Icon - click for Specific Verification Guidelines
Black - Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data        purple - Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> . >>  Elachistidae
** Photograph required / Identification write up required **
Other Name/s: Wood Dwarf;
Elachista megerlella
ID Difficulty:  Red - difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Elachista gangabella
(Yellow-barred Grass- miner);Elachista bisulcella
(Yellow-edged Grass-miner):
Distribution:  Nationally Scarce B – Uncertain due to insufficient data – Millers Dale 1956 – Dovedale 2011 (DaNES & Harrison & Sterling)
Flight Period: April /  May /  June /  July /  August /  -  Two generations May-Jul & August Moth Activity: Cathemeral  Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 6 April 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 8-10mm
Food Plant: False & Upright Brome and other grasses
No Last Date Information Recorded
No First Date Information Recorded

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