38.025 BF597  -  Elachistidae - Elachista atricomella - Black-headed Dwarf
Black - Uncertain/Unknown - Insufficient Data        purple - 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  Photographed: Yes -  Photographed By: Will Soar, Christian Heintzen  © All Rights Reserved
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

IMAGES BELOW:  Kings Newton, Derbyshire – Will Soar© / Christian Heintzen 2023

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