Elachista cinereopunctella (Glaucous Sedge-miner) - iMoths


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Elachista cinereopunctella
Glaucous Sedge-miner (Haworth, 1828)
Elachistidae

625 / 38.041

Photo © Oliver Wadsworth, Ex. Larva.Queens Wood VC36. 2015

Similar West Midlands Species: None

Wingspan:	7-9mm
Flight:	May - June
Foodplant:	Glaucous Sedge, other sedges. Tufted Hair-grass.
Nat Status:	Nationally Scarce B
Verification Grade: Adult: 4

Uncommon local resident in open woodland and grassland on calcareous soils.

Carex flacca with pink-spotted larva mining leaves from October to April.

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 16 (11%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1887.
Last Recorded in 2021.
(Data up to end 2022)

Latest 5 Records (Data up to end 2022)
Date	#	VC	10k Area
13/06/2021	1	40	SO59 - Wenlock Edge
29/05/2021	1	40	SO59 - Wenlock Edge
04/04/2015	7	40	SJ22 - Oswestry/Llanymynech
12/03/2015	10	36	SO62 - E Ross & Dymock Forest
03/04/2007	1	36	SO51 - Doward & Goodrich

Further info: Elachista cinereopunctella

	UK Moths		Mothdissection UK
	Lepiforum.de		West Midlands Moths (Full)

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