38.025 BF597 - Elachistidae - Elachista atricomella

38.025 BF597 - Elachistidae - Elachista atricomella - Black-headed Dwarf

- Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data - Leaf Miner

Taxonomy: Micro >> Elachistidae

Other Name/s: Cock’s-foot Miner

ID Difficulty: green

- easy to identify, generally distinctive and unlikely to be confused with other species.

ID pointers: Head dark grey with forewing blackish brown, mottled paler with an oblique creamy cross-band from the costa at one-third to the dorsum before one-half. A creamy white triangular tornal spot, with another mark opposite on the costa.

Distribution: (First record: 1960 ) - (Last record: 2024 ) - Unknown in Derbyshire, only 1 record to 1960. Only 13 records on iRecord including thes followinng – one from 2020 and one from 2023. Possibly isolated colonies, on Cocks-foot (Dactylis glomerata).

Flight Period: May / June / July / August / September / - On the wing in May – September.

Mine Period: March / April / May / September / October / November /

Moth Activity: Crepuscular

Wingspan: 11-13mm

Food Plant: Cock’s-foot (Dactylis glomerata).

Last Recorded Year: 2024

Last Recorded By: Not Recorded

Last Recorded General Area: Not Recorded

First Recorded Year: 1960