38.032 Elachista apicipunctella (Pearly Grass-miner)
ws: 10-11mm; Apr-Aug; wide range of grasses; woodland edges and clearings throughout Britain
Elachista apicipunctella §2 male
ID: Group G - forewing dark with pale costal and tornal spots not involving bases of tornal or apical cilia and with other pale markings; pale markings with metallic sheen > 6 species. A.apicipunctella identified in key in MBGBI3 by: head shiny white; forewing without basal markings in male, wing-base metallic in female; small spot distal to costal and tornal spots.
Male genitalia: Uncus lobes separated by a 'U'-shaped notch at least as broad as an uncus lobe; anteroventral margin of apex of valva with a small spur; aedeagus pointed at apex, without cornuti > E.apicipunctella. Vinculum with a variable process
Male genitalia: Uncus lobes separated by a 'U'-shaped notch at least as broad as an uncus lobe; anteroventral margin of apex of valva with a small spur; aedeagus pointed at apex, without cornuti > E.apicipunctella. Vinculum with a variable process
§1 Strumpshaw Fen, Norfolk; 26/07/2012; male; fw 3.9mm
§2 Cherry Orchard CP, Essex; 22/07/2014; male; fw 3.9mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 18/05/2019; male; fw 5.0mm
§4 Covert Woods, Kent; 09/05/2022; male; fw 5.0mm
§5 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 15/05/2024; male
All images © Chris Lewis
§2 Cherry Orchard CP, Essex; 22/07/2014; male; fw 3.9mm
§3 Foulness, Essex; 18/05/2019; male; fw 5.0mm
§4 Covert Woods, Kent; 09/05/2022; male; fw 5.0mm
§5 Cliburn Moss, Cumbria; 15/05/2024; male
All images © Chris Lewis
Page published 23/10/2012 (§1) | §2 added and some images of §1 removed 29/07/2014 | §3 added 07/01/2020 | text amended 25/05/2022 |
§4 added 03/07/2022 | §5 added 21/11/2024
§4 added 03/07/2022 | §5 added 21/11/2024
