Food Plant: Brachypodium sylvaticum (False Brome), Bromus erectus (Upright Brome), Hordelymus europaeus (wood barley) and other Gramineae (Grasses).

Egg:  Often two or three close together on the upper side.

Mine: November-May; July.

Pupa: Attached to leaf or stem with silken girdle.

Notes: Initially a narrow brownish mine with blackish frass at its base (as shown). The larva then moves to another leaf, forming a broader mine. Both mines can pucker the blade. Mine shown on Brachypodium sylvaticum

Synonmy: Elachista megerlella

National Status: Nationally Scarce B

Bradley No: 617

Data: 27.iii.2012, Heyshott, West Sussex, VC13, John Langmaid, Tony Davis

Image:© Tony Davis

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