Elachista biatomella (Stainton, 1848)

two-dotted dwarf

mine

Oviposition in a leaf axil. From there ascends a narrow corridor with a thin frass line. When the mine is 2-3 cm long the direction reverses. The result is an elongate, whitish, lightly inflated blotch with dispersed frass. Pupation external.

host plants

Cyperaceae, narrowly monophagous

Carex acuta subsp. prolixa, flacca.

phenology

Larvae in June – July and again, hibernating in the mine, September – April (Bland, 1996a; Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen, 1977a).

BENELUX

BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).

NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2010).

LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

distribution within Europe

From Sweden to the Iberian peninsula, Sardinia, and Italy, and from Britain to the Ukraine (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva

Described by Steuer (1980a). The larva is yellowish with a dark brown head and a light brown prothoracic plate.

references

Barton (2015a), Bland (1996a), Bidzilya, Budashkin & Zhakov (2016a) Ukraine, Huisman, Koster, van Nieukerken & Ulenberg (2001a), Klimesch (1942a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Z Laštůvka, A Laštůvka, Liška, Marek, Skyva & Vávra (1992a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sønderup (1949a), Steuer (1980a), Szőcs (1977a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a), Wegner (2010a), Wörz (1957a).