Elachista gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781) Species
Last modified: Sept. 7, 2023, 1:51 p.m.
A very rare species in Belgium, seldom recorded.
Details
- Classification
- Family: Elachistidae > Subfamily: Elachistinae > Genus: Elachista > Species: Elachista gleichenella
- Vernacular names
- Zeggemineermot (NL), Twin-barred Dwarf (EN)
- Synonyms
- Elachista magnificella (Duponchel, 1843) and Elachista fractella (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
- First mention in Belgium
- De Fré Ch. 1858. Catalogue des Microlépidoptères de la Belgique. — Annales de la Société entomologique belge 2: 45–162. On page 151.
- Status
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Native
Distribution
Imago
This small but attractive species has a slight metallic sheen to the yellowish-white fasciae on the forewing.
The wingspan is 9 mm.
Museum specimens
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Bionomics
The larvae make a erratic meandering gallery and during the following spring it expands and the mine becomes an irregular elongate blotch, it often occupies the full width of the leaf.
It pupates in a loose cocoon external.
The adults come to light.
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Flight periods
The adults fly in one generation a year: from late May till early August.
Observed on
- Host plant (species):
- Carex flacca, Carex echinata and Carex paniculata
- Host plant (genera):
- Carex and Luzula
The larva lives on different species of Luzula and Carex.
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Habitat
Cool forest on calcareous soil.
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