Status
Local, widespread.
Wet bogs and acid heaths.
Adult can be obtained by sweeping the foodplant.
This species is one of four Elachista species, E. scirpi, E. eleochariella, E. utonella and E. albidella that unless a near perfect specimen is available cannot reliably be identified without genitalia dissection.
Recent records from several locations in Norfolk.
Leaf-mine: March - May.
[MBGBI vol3 p403]  | Determination by Genitalia Examination Required | |
Recorded in 22 (30%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1874.
Last Recorded in 2023. |