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Elachista argentella
Silver Grass-miner (Clerck, 1759)
Elachistidae
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Wingspan: 11-12 mm
Flight: May - Aug.
Foodplant:   Various grasses.
Nat Status: Common
Verification Grade:  Adult: 1
Norfolk Status
Widespread.
Small, all-white species.
Wide range of grassland habitats including salt-marshes.

Leaf-mine: Autumn - May.
White narrow mine from leaf tip down. The mine fills the leaf width.

[MBGBI vol3 p383]

Recorded in 56 (76%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023.

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
16/08/2023128TF63Heacham
13/08/2023127TG20Stoke Holy Cross
07/08/2023128TL78Weeting Heath (Gravelpit Wood)
10/07/2023127TG42Eccles
08/07/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
29/06/2023128TF63Heacham
28/06/2023227TG04Cley next the Sea
26/06/2023227TG04Cley next the Sea
25/06/2023327TG04Cley next the Sea
24/06/2023127TG04Cley next the Sea
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