Elachista luticomella Zeller, 1839
yellow-headed dwarf
mine
Long, narrow, white corridor, descending from close to the leaf tip to the leaf base or even stem. Frass in an inconspicuous grey line. From the stem the larva may enter a new leaf (Steuer, 1987a; Bland, 1996a).
hostplants
Poaceae, oligophagous
Bromopsis ramosa; Dactylis glomerata; Deschampsia cespitosa; Lolium perenne; Melica uniflora; Milium effusum; Poa pratensis & subsp. irrigata; Schedonorus giganteus, pratensis.
Observed in Britain only on Dactylis glomerata and occasionally Brachypodium sylvaticum (Bland, 1996a).
phenology
Larvae from late autumn till May (Bland, 1996a).
BENELUX
BE recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUXmnot recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
From Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Romania, and from Ireland to Central Russia (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
Lemon yellow; setae unusually long. Pronotum with two elongate brown spots. also the anal plate has a brown marking. Prolegs with 2-4(5) crochets in a faint, posteriorly concave, arc (Steuer, 1987a).
pupa
Described by Patočka (1999a) and Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).
references
Baran (2005a), Bidzilya, Budashkin & Zhakov (2016a), Bland (1996a), Buhr (1935b), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a, Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Patočka (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Sønderup (1949a), Sruoga & Ivinskis (2005a), Sterling (1986a), Steuer (1987a), Szőcs (1977a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a), Wörz (1957a).
10/02/2017