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Elachista serricornis
Photo © Patrick Clement,  Chartley Moss, Staffordshire. 5th July 2012.

Elachista serricornis Elachista serricornis

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Elachista serricornis

Stainton, 1854626 / 38.042
=Biselachista serricornis

Local resident in bogs and mosses of Staffordshire only.

Eriophorum angustifolium with larva mining stems low down near the ground from September to May.

Determination by Genitalia Examination (gen. det.) Required

Recorded in 2 (1%) of 140 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1973.
Last Recorded in 2009.
(Data up to end 2024)
Additional Stats

Wingspan: 6-9mm
Flight: June / July
Foodplant:   Common Cottongrass (Wood-sedge now thought unlikely)
Nat Status: Nationally Scarce A
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4
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Latest 5 Records (data up to end 2024)
Date#VC10k Area
06/07/20093VC39 - StaffordshireSK02
23/07/20082VC39 - StaffordshireSK02
20/07/20082VC39 - StaffordshireSK02
04/07/20083VC39 - StaffordshireSK02
1973+VC39 - StaffordshireSJ75
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