Elachista cinereopunctella (Haworth, 1828)
grey-spotted dwarf
mine
Mine generally descending from the leaf tip. The mine may occupy the space between leaf margin and midrib, but may also occupy the entire width of the leaf. Most frass accumulated in the oldest part of the mine. Pupation external; the pupa is attached to the leaf without a cocoon.
hostplants
Cyperaceae, Poaceae; narrowly polyphagous
Carex digitata, ericetorum, flacca, humilis, ornithopoda, pilosa; Deschampsia cespitosa; Melica; Sesleria caerulea.
Possibly also Carex sempervirens.
phenology
Larvae from late summer to next spring; hibernation in the mine (Bland, 1996a; Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen, 1977a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
From Scandinavia and North Russia to the Iberian Peninsula and Italy, and from Ireland to Poland (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
Described by Schütze (1931a) and Steuer (1978a). Head and prothoracic shield dark brown. Body yellowish white, with a pair of orange red latero-dorsal length lines; ventrally another such line, medially.
pupa
Described by Patočka (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a)
synonyms
Biselachista cinereopunctella.
references
Baran (2005a), Baran, Mazurkiewicz & Pałka (2007a), Bidzilya, Budashkin & Zhakov (2016a), Bland (1996a), Buszko (1990a), Buszko & Baraniak (1989b), Corley, Marabuto & Pires (2007a), Ford (1943a), Hering (1957a), Parenti & Pizzolato (2015a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Patočka (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sønderup (1949a), Sruoga & Ivinskis (2005a), Starý (1930a), Steuer (1978a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a), Wörz (1957a).
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