Egg: laid near the leaf tip

Mine: September - April

Notes: The mine is intially narrow extending from the leaf tip. It then widens with irregular edges, with scattered patches of uneaten tissue in the mine. There may be more than one larva in the mine. Pupation occurs in a slight web on detritus but may also occur in broken stems of umbellifers. Found widely particularly in woodland clearings and margins. A mine in the field on Hordelymus europaeus.

National Status: Local

Bradley No; 602

Data: 16.ii.2023, Aston Rowant NNR, Oxfordshire,VC23

Image:© Will Langdon

References:
Langdon William BV (2024) - Wood Barley Hordelymus europaeus (L.) Jess. ex Harz: A foodplant for Elachista apicipunctella (Stainton, 1849), Elachista luticomella (Zeller, 1839) and Elachista obliquella (Stainton, 1854) (Lep.: Elachistidae),Ent. Record J. Var 136(2), 65-70