38.024 Elachista poae (Sweet-grass Miner)
ws: 9-12mm; bivoltine May-Jun, Aug; reed sweet-grass (Glyceria maxima); NS-B local by ponds, lakes and streams in England and Wales
Elachista poae §1 male
ID: Keyed in Group G - forewing with pale costal and tornal spots and other pale markings - but the pale markings are so obscured in §1 that I could not have placed it here.
Dissection
Male genitalia: Keyed as: uncus lobes separated by a U-shaped notch at least as broad as an uncus lobe; apex of aedeagus with a deep asymmetric cleft and no cornuti, apex of valva with a small spur, saccus short.
§1 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 14/08/2016; male; fw 3.8mm; to light
All images © Chris Lewis
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 26/12/2016 (§1)
