Elachista poae Stainton, 1855

sweet-grass dwarf

Glyceria maxima, Nieuwendam; lowest part of the mine (sitting within a leaf sheath, that has been taken away)

gallery, higher in te mine, lighted from behind

mine

Narrow, whitish (in the end often reddish brown) gallery of several decimeters in length, descending from the leaf tip to within the sheath of the leaf. Frass dispersed. Pupatipon external.

hostplants

Poaceae, narrowly monophagous

Glyceria maxima.

In addition, Schütze (1931a) mentions G. fluitans but this is not repeated by any later author.

phenology

Larvae in April – May, and July – August (Bland, 1996a; Buszko, 1990a; 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 Fennoscandia and the Baltic States to Belgium, the Alps, and Hungary, and from Ireland to Romania (Fauna Europaea, 2010).

larva

pupa

See Bland (1996a), Patočka (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a).

references

Baran, Mazurkiewicz & Pałka (2007a), Beiger (1955a), Bland (1996a), Buhr (1935b), Buszko (1990a), Drăghia (1968a), Ford (1943a), Heckford (1986a), Hering (1925a, 1957a), Huber (1969a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), Patočka (1999a), Patočka & Turčáni (2005a), Popescu-Gorj & Drăghia (1966a), De Prins (1998a), Robbins (1991a), Schütze (1931a), Skala & Zavřel (1945a), Sønderup (1949a), Sruoga & Ivinskis (2005a), Surányi (1942a), Szőcs (1977a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen (1977a).

20/11/2011