Elachista nobilella

Checklist Number
38.031 [B&F: 0601a]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Elachistidae
Subfamily:Elachistinae
Genus:Elachista
Species:nobilella
Authority:Zeller, 1839

Rare (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) and added to UK list in 2004 as a previously overlooked resident. In Hampshire recorded for the first time at Bramshott Common in 2009. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 6.7-8 mm. Larva mines leaves of Wavy Hair-grass.

VC12 North Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Bramshott Common (SU83)20/04/2009twoJ R Langmaid, G A CollinsMine (vacated)