Elachista gleichenella (Fabricius, 1781)
twin-barred dwarf

Carex flacca, Belgium, prov. Namur, Lives-sur-Meuse; © Jean-Yves Baugnée
mine
Egg generally at the underside of the leaf tip. From September till the following spring a narrow meandering corridor is made. Then gradually the corridor widens to nearly the full width of the leaf. Generally the larvae make a new mine in early winter, obviously without the initial corridor. The mine in this stage is brown and situated close to (or within) the red coloured dying apical part of the leaf. Frass in large elongate dark spots. Pupation external.
hostplants
Cyperaceae, Juncaceae, Poaceae (?); narrowly polyphagous
Carex cuprina, curvula, digitata, divulsa, echinata, flacca, humilis, laevigata, montana, morrowii, muricata, ornithopoda, paniculata, pendula, pilosa, sempervirens, sylvatica, umbrosa; Deschampsia cespitosa; Luzula luzuloides, pilosa, plumosa, sylvatica.
The reference to Deschampsia cespitosa is strongly doubted by Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a) but still is repeated by later authors.
phenology
Larvae from September till late in May of the following year (Bland, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2010).
NE not recorded waargenomen (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
LUX not recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
distribution within Europe
Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula (Fauna Europaea, 2010).
larva
pupa
Described by Patočka (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
references
Baldizzone (2004a), Baran, Mazurkiewicz & Pałka (2007a), Bidzilya, Budashkin & Zhakov (2016a) Ukraine, Bland (1996a), Bland & Knill-Jones (1988a), Bland & Rotheray (2002a), Buhr (1935a,b), Buszko & Baraniak (1989b), Hering (1957a), Kaila, Nupponen, Junnilainen, Nupponen, Kaitila & Olschwang (2003a), Michalska (1976a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Patočka (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Siloaho, Saarela & Sippola (2008a), Sønderup (1949a), Sruoga & Ivinskis (2005a, 2011a), Sterling (1986a), Steuer (1980a), Szőcs (1977a, 1978a, 1981a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a), Wörz (1957a).
10/02/2017