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
Elachista poae
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. Pupatipn external.
host plants
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).
parasitoids, predators
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).