Elachista pullicomella Zeller, 1839
mine
Translucent, whitish mine that often takes the entire width of the blade. Mine in the topmost section of the leaf, starting at the tip. Frass concentrated in the oldest, highest, part of the mine.
host plants
Poaceae, broadly oligophagous
Arrhenatherum; Avena; Avenella flexuosa; Calamagrostis epigeios; Dactylis glomerata; Deschampsia cespitosa; Elytrigia repens; Festuca ovina, rubra, stricta subsp. trachyphylla; Helictochloa pratensis; Holcus lanatus; Ochlopoa annua; Phleum; Poa pratensis; Rostraria cristata; Trisetum flavescens.
phenology
Larvae in April – May and June – July (Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen, 1977a).
BENELUX
recorded (Phegea, 2009).
NE recorded (Kuchlein & de Vos, 1999a; Microlepidoptera.nl, 2009).
LUX recorded (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
distribution within Europe
Europe, with exception of the British Isles, the Iberian and Balkan Peninsula, and the Mediterranean Islands (Fauna Europaea, 2009).
larva
grey green; head light brown; pronotum with two parallel length lines, widened a bit backwards, and separated by a narrow unpigmented line (Steuer, 1987a).
references
Baldizzone (2008a), Baran, Mazurkiewicz & Pałka (2007a), Bidzilya, Budashkin & Zhakov (2016a), Buhr (1935b), Diškus & Stonis (2012a), Kaila, Nupponen, Junnilainen, Nupponen, Kaitila & Olschwang (2003a), Kuchlein & Donner (1993a), Kuchlein & de Vos (1999a). Leutsch (2011a), Parenti & Varalda (1994a), De Prins (1998a), Schütze (1931a), Sønderup (1949a), Sruoga & Ivinskis (2005a, 2011a), Steuer (1987a), Szőcs (1977a), Traugott-Olsen & Nielsen 1977a), Wörz (1957a).