Elachista collitella (Duponchel, 1843)
pembroke dwarf
mine
Narrow, flat gallery, descending from the tip of the leaf.
hostplants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Festuca ovina, valesiaca; Poa pratensis; Rostraria cristata.
Festuca ovina is the main hostplant (Bland, 1996a).
phenology
Mining larvae from autumn till June, July of the following year.
BENELUX
Not known from the Benelux countries (Fauna Europaea, 2011).
distribution within Europe
From Germany to the Iberian Peninsula and Sicly, and from Britain to Thrace (Faauna Europaea, 2011).
larva
Body light greyish green with lateral length lines; head brown; prothoracic plate dark brown (Bland, 1996a). Prothoracic plate with two length stripes (Hering, 1957a).
references
Baldizzone (2004a), Bland (1996a), Buhr (1935b), Hering (1957a), Huemer (2012a), Parenti & Pizzolato (2015b), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Schütze (1931a), Szőcs (1977a, 1981a), Wörz (1957a).
16/01/2017