38.007 Elachista subocellea (Brown-barred Grass-miner)
ws: 8-10mm (MBGBI3), fw: 4-5.5mm (Sterling & Parsons); Jun-Jul; false brome (Brachypodium sylvaticum); NS-B woodland edges and clearings in much of Britain, more common in south.
ID: Keyed as forewing pale with darker markings; no dark plical spot; cilia dark-tipped. But really the forewing appears brown with pale fasciate markings and speckled black.
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§1 Heydon chalk pit, Cambridgeshire (North Essex vice county); 09/07/2024; male; fw 4.0mm
All images © Chris Lewis
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Page published 10/07/2024 (§1) | dissection images added 09/10/2024