Elachista rufocinerea
Red-brindled Dwarf
Wingspan 10 to11 mm. A fairly distinctive member of the genus Elachista, with its white ground colour speckled with reddish or buff, sometimes giving rise to a streaky appearance.
A species of grassland areas, the larvae feed on a range of grasses, causing whitish mines on the blades.
April to June.
Larvae mine the leaves of various grasses.
It occurs widely throughout the British Isles and is fairly common. In the Butterfly Conservation’s Microlepidoptera Report 2011 this species was classified as common.
Occasional in Leicestershire and Rutland. L&R Moth Group status = C (very scarce resident or rare migrant).
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
18 May 2014
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
26 April 2012
male - confirmed by gen det
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
18 July 2012
Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
21 April 2011
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Species profile
- Common names
- Red-brindled Dwarf
- Species group:
- Moths
- Kingdom:
- Animalia
- Order:
- Lepidoptera
- Family:
- Elachistidae
- Records on NatureSpot:
- 15
- First record:
- 24/04/2004 (Skevington, Mark)
- Last record:
- 27/04/2020 (Carter, Toby)
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Graham Calow
Sapcote garden1
05 June 2013
