Leaf-miner: CAT L – The leaf or a Photo required – 
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– Significant Record / Very Rare / Vagrant 
– Leaf Miner
– 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)
Mine Period Additional: None.
Mine ID Difficulty: Not Recorded
Mine Type/s: Not Recorded
Mine Feeding Method/s: Not Recorded
Mine Comment: None.
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Distribution Map for Elachista freyerella
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NBN Atlas UK Distribution for – Elachista freyerella
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Monthly Records By Year:
Elachista freyerella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Monthly Counts By Year: Elachista freyerella
( data is based on 'Adult' stage records only. )
First/Last Recorded Dates: Elachista freyerella
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Recordings By Year: Elachista freyerella
( All data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Annual Growth Rate (AGR): Elachista freyerella
AGR: 0% | Total % Change: 0%
Elachista freyerella
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Elachista freyerella
Insufficient records/data for a CUSUM analysis
Hectad (10kmx10km) Coverage: Elachista freyerella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Flight Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Elachista freyerella
Elachista freyerella
( data includes Adult Stage only )
Flight Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's flight periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen in flight, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.
Mine Periods – Indicative –vs– Recorded Data
Elachista freyerella
Elachista freyerella
( data includes both Larvae and Adult Stages )
Mine Period chart – the grey hatched area above, which can cross one or more months, pictorially represents the best guess we have for this moth's mine periods [month/s]. The coloured lines represent the actual months seen mining, from site observation records received between 2020-2025.
Records Behind the Map and Charts - Elachista freyerella – 0 records available
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No records found for Elachista freyerella.