Seq # 270210010

Elachista adscitella Stainton, 1851 Species

Last modified: Sept. 7, 2023, 1:46 p.m.


A very rare species in Belgium, but as with many Elachistidae probably underrecorded.


Details

Classification
Family: Elachistidae > Subfamily: Elachistinae > Genus: Elachista > Species: Elachista adscitella
Vernacular names
Ruwe-smelemineermot (NL), Oblique-barred Dwarf (EN)
Synonyms
Elachista revinctella sensu auct., nec Zeller, 1850
First mention in Belgium
Fologne E. 1859b. Supplément au catalogue des lépidoptères de Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 3: 133–142. On page 137.
Status

Native


Distribution


Imago

Museum specimens

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Specimens in nature


Genitalia


Mine

The larvae mine either upwards or downwards and the mine gradually widens with all frass deposited at the beginning of the gallery.
Hibernates within the mine.

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Bionomics

The larvae feed on various food plants. The larvae mine either upwards or downwards and the mine gradually widens with all frass deposited at the beginning of the gallery.
They hibernates within the mine.

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Flight periods

The adults fly in two generations a year: from mid May towards early July and again in August.


Observed on

Host plant (species):
Deschampsia cespitosa and Sesleria caerulea

The larva feeds on various Cyperaceae and Poaceae like: Brachypodium, Carex, Calamagrostis, Sesleria, Deschampsia, etc...

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