38.047 BF631  -  Elachistidae - Elachista freyerella - Dark Meadow Grass-miner 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
Brown -  Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant         purple - Leaf Miner
Taxonomy:   Micro  >> . >>  Elachistidae
** This moth species page is currently incomplete **
Other Name/s: Cosmiotes freyerella; Broken-barred Dwarf ID Difficulty:  Red - difficult to identify - detailed examination required, often a Gen Det and/or specimen and quality photographs are required.
Confusion Species: Elachista stabilella (Southern Grass-miner)
Distribution:  Uncertain – another species that is likely to be no longer in the county – one record from Repton Shrubs 11/6/1920
Flight Period: April /  May /  June /  July /  August /  September /  -  Two generations – April to June then late July to September Mine Period: March /  April /  July /  Moth Activity: Cathemeral  Photographed: No -  Photographed By: Not Recorded
*** Last updated on 4 April 2025 by TD ***
Wingspan: 7-8mm
Food Plant: Meadow-grass; Cocks-foot and other species of grass
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