Species Details

ABH: 38.037

BF: 607

Family: Elachistidae

Taxon: Elachista canapennella

=Elachista obscurella

=Elachista pulchrella

Authority: (Hübner, [1813])

Vernacular: Common Grass-miner

Account: Common in grassland throughout much of the British Isles The male is usually recognisable by its pale grey-brown forewings that are almost devoid of markings (MBGBI Vol 3). Larva mines leaves of various grasses.

Accounts provided by and used with the kind permission of Mike Wall, Hampshire County Moth Recorder. These will in due course be gradually replaced with species accounts with a Surrey context.

Wingspan: 8 — 10 mm

Surrey Flight Period: 6 Apr (2024) — 30 Sep (2010)

The flight period of overwintering adults are not given. See the flight chart below the distribution map.

Foodplant: Arrhenatherum elatius (False Oat-Grass), Gramineae., Holcus mollis (Creeping Soft-grass).

Foodplant accounts are from the HOSTS database — Natural History Museum, London, UK. (CC0).

Status: Common

UK BAP:

WCA:

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Verification Grade: 4 — ️‼️Dissection required️‼️
Further Information: https://www.ukmoths.org.uk/species/elachista-canapennella/
Statistics

* Based on adult records only.

Records: 64

Individuals: 1

Earliest Year: 2000

Latest Year: 2024

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