Elachistidae
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Elachistidae

31 species. Wingspan 7-11mm.

Small moths most of whose larvae mine in the leaves and stems of grasses and sedges from the autumn into the spring, leaving their mines to pupate on a stem or leaf attached by a silken girdle or under a flimsy silken web. Most are univoltine but some are bivoltine having a second generation mining in July. The imagines fly in the early morning or in the evening, usually low down close to the ground. They can sometimes be swept from grasses, sedges and nearby shrubs and come to light traps.

 
38.001 590 Perittia obscurepunctella
38.003 592 Stephensia brunnichella
38.004 610 Elachista argentella
38.005 611 Elachista triatomea
38.007 613 Elachista subocellea
38.008 614 Elachista triseriatella
38.010 616 Elachista bedellella
38.012 617 Elachista obliquella
38.013 618 Elachista cingillella
38.015 620 Elachista gangabella
38.016 621 Elachista subalbidella
38.017 622 Elachista adscitella
38.018 623 Elachista bisulcella
38.019 593 Elachista regificella
38.022 594 Elachista gleichenella
38.023 595 Elachista biatomella
38.024 596 Elachista poae
38.025 597 Elachista atricomella
38.026 598 Elachista kilmunella
38.028 599 Elachista alpinella
38.029 600 Elachista luticomella
38.030 601 Elachista albifrontella
38.032 602 Elachista apicipunctella
38.033 603 Elachista subnigrella
38.036 606 Elachista humilis
38.037 607 Elachista canapennella
38.038 608 Elachista rufocinerea
38.039 609 Elachista maculicerusella
38.040 624 Elachista trapeziella
38.041 625 Elachista cinereopunctella
38.042 626 Elachista serricornis
38.044 628 Elachista eleochariella
38.045 629 Elachista utonella
38.046 630 Elachista albidella
38.047 631 Elachista freyerella
38.048 632 Elachista consortella
38.049 633 Elachista stabilella
   

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