Hertfordshire Notes:

Middlesex Notes: Unrecorded


General comments:
The larvae of the Elachistidae are miners, those of genera Elachista, Biselchista and Cosmiotes, in the blades of grasses, rushes, wood rushes and sedges. Whilst some adults are distinctive, most are not, especially if worn, and genitalia dissection may be necessitated. As a whole the family is rather hopelessly under-recorded and only the basic minimum of comment is made here. Texts will be amended as time and discoveries progress.

Very local but potentially more widespread and numerous.Therfield Heath, mines on False Brome on 14th October 1991 (John Langmaid).

Recorded in 7 (17%) of 41 10k Squares. First Recorded in 1991. Last Recorded in 2024. Additional Stats

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