The wingspan is 9–12 mm. The head is blackish. Forewings are blackish, somewhat pale-sprinkled, basal area somewhat lighter ; an obscure fascia before middle, angulated outwards in middle and inwards on fold, a small ill -defined tornal spot, a more distinct one on costa opposite, and traces of an angular mark in disc beyond and connecting these whitish, in female more distinct. Hindwings are dark grey.The larva is whitish -yellowish ; head and two spots on 2 pale brown..[2]
Adults are on wing from April to May and from June to August.[3]
The larvae feed on reed sweet-grass (Glyceria maxima), mining the leaves of their host plant.[4] Larvae can be found from April to May and again from July to August.
^Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^. Archived from the original on 2011-05-01. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
^. Archived from the original on 2012-09-26. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
^Ellis, W N. "Elachista poae Stainton, 1855 sweet-grass dwarf". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 12 March 2020.
elachista, poae, moth, family, elachistidae, found, europe, deeside, north, wales, scientific, classification, domain, eukaryota, kingdom, animalia, phylum, arthropoda, class, insecta, order, lepidoptera, family, elachistidae, genus, elachista, species, poae, . Elachista poae is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe Elachista poae Elachista poae Deeside North Wales Scientific classification Domain Eukaryota Kingdom Animalia Phylum Arthropoda Class Insecta Order Lepidoptera Family Elachistidae Genus Elachista Species E poae Binomial name Elachista poaeStainton 1855 1 Contents 1 Description 2 Distribution 3 References 4 External linksDescription editThe wingspan is 9 12 mm The head is blackish Forewings are blackish somewhat pale sprinkled basal area somewhat lighter an obscure fascia before middle angulated outwards in middle and inwards on fold a small ill defined tornal spot a more distinct one on costa opposite and traces of an angular mark in disc beyond and connecting these whitish in female more distinct Hindwings are dark grey The larva is whitish yellowish head and two spots on 2 pale brown 2 Adults are on wing from April to May and from June to August 3 The larvae feed on reed sweet grass Glyceria maxima mining the leaves of their host plant 4 Larvae can be found from April to May and again from July to August Distribution editIt is found from Fennoscandia and the Baltic region to Belgium the Alps and Hungary and from Ireland to Romania 5 References edit Elachista Elachista poae Stainton 1855 Fauna Europaea Retrieved 12 March 2020 Meyrick E 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan London pdf nbsp This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain Keys and description microlepidoptera nl Archived from the original on 2011 05 01 Retrieved 2011 09 12 bladmineerders nl Archived from the original on 2012 09 26 Retrieved 2011 09 12 Ellis W N Elachista poae Stainton 1855 sweet grass dwarf Plant Parasites of Europe Retrieved 12 March 2020 nbsp Mined leaf blade of Glyceria maxima nbsp LarvaExternal links editUKmoths This article on a moth of the genus Elachista is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Elachista poae amp oldid 1214974002, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
