38.025 Elachista atricomella (Cock's-foot Miner)
ws: 11-13mm; May-Sep; cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata), leaf-mine; common throughout Britain
Elachista atricomella §1 male
ID: Forewing dark with pale costal and tornal spots, not involving bases of tornal or apical cilia and with other pale markings; pale markings without a metallic sheen; frons dark; uncus lobes present and separated by a notch about as broad as an uncus lobe, vinculum tapered, aedeagus with a notch at apex and a large and small thorn. Median fascia is often, but not always, interrupted in middle in this species.
§1 Foulness, Essex, 26/06/2010; male
§2 Newgale, Pembrokeshire; 16/05/2011; male; fw 4.8mm
§3 Mull; 26/06/2011; male; fw 4.9mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 13/07/2013; male
§5 Hanningfield, Essex; 19/06/2013; male; fw 6.0mm
§6 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 06/06/2016; male; fw 5.1mm
§7 North Warren, Suffolk; 16/07/2017; male; fw 4.6mm
§8 Foulness, Essex; 01/06/2019; male; fw 5.1mm
§9 Ballindalloch, Moray; 29/06/2021; male; fw 5.4mm
§10 Ballindalloch, Moray; 29/06/2021; male; fw 5.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Newgale, Pembrokeshire; 16/05/2011; male; fw 4.8mm
§3 Mull; 26/06/2011; male; fw 4.9mm
§4 Foulness, Essex; 13/07/2013; male
§5 Hanningfield, Essex; 19/06/2013; male; fw 6.0mm
§6 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 06/06/2016; male; fw 5.1mm
§7 North Warren, Suffolk; 16/07/2017; male; fw 4.6mm
§8 Foulness, Essex; 01/06/2019; male; fw 5.1mm
§9 Ballindalloch, Moray; 29/06/2021; male; fw 5.4mm
§10 Ballindalloch, Moray; 29/06/2021; male; fw 5.7mm
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published March 2011 | images added and text amended 18/11/2011 | §4 added 20/12/2013 | §5 added and text amended 26/04/2014 |
§6 added 05/06/2017 | §7 added 16/04/2018 | §8 added 13/02/2020 | §9&10 added 30/08/2021 |
§6 added 05/06/2017 | §7 added 16/04/2018 | §8 added 13/02/2020 | §9&10 added 30/08/2021 |
