38.037 Elachista canapennella (Common Grass-miner)
ws: 8-10mm; bivoltine Apr-Jun, Jul-Sep; creeping soft-grass (Holcus mollis), false oat-grass (Arrhenatherum elatius); common throughout Britain
Elachista canapennella §4 male
ID: Probably best recognised from the pale to mid grey forewing ground colour. Pale median fascia, tornal and preapical spots of variable strength and sometimes obsolete. According to MBGBI3 the pale markings are stronger in the female
Male genitalia: The presence of one large and one small cornuti in a square ended aedeagus separates this from all similar species.
Male genitalia: The presence of one large and one small cornuti in a square ended aedeagus separates this from all similar species.
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§1 Galmpton, Devon; 26/07/2010; male; fw 3.3mm
§2 Ardnamurchan, Highlands; 10/07/2012; male; fw 3.9mm §3 New Forest, Hampshire; 03/06/2012; male; fw 4.0mm §4 New Forest, Hampshire; 31/08/2013; male §5 New Forest, Hampshire; 31/08/2013; male; fw 3.6mm §6 New Forest, Hampshire; 31/08/2013; male; fw 3.3mm §7 Foulden Common, Norfolk; 11/04/2016; male; fw 4.5mm; to light §8 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 11/07/2018; male; fw 3.2mm §9 Orlestone Forest, Kent; 18/05/2020; male; fw 3.8mm All images © Chris Lewis |
§10 Mortehoe, Devon; 10/07/2020; male; fw 4.8mm
§11 Mortehoe, Devon; 10/07/2020; male; fw 5.0mm §12 ??; 2020; male |
Page published March 2011 | Specimen §2 added 08/12/2012 | §3 added 21/01/2013 | §4-6 added 23/11/2013 | §7 added ~Dec 2016 |
§8 added 17/05/2019 | §9 added and text amended 16/01/2021 | §10&11 added 29/01/2021 | §12 added 09/04/2021
§8 added 17/05/2019 | §9 added and text amended 16/01/2021 | §10&11 added 29/01/2021 | §12 added 09/04/2021
