Seq # 270210250

Elachista gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781) Species

Last modified: March 21, 2024, 11:25 a.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

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.

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Specimens in nature

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Genitalia


Caterpillar


Mine


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.


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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