Elachista regificella

Checklist Number
38.019 [B&F: 0593]

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Classification

Family:Elachistidae
Subfamily:Elachistinae
Genus:Elachista
Species:regificella
Authority:Sircom, 1849

Nationally scarce (Nb) in open woodland in parts of the British Isles, mostly in the south (MBGBI Vol 3). Not recorded in Hampshire or on the Isle of Wight in recent years. Wingspan 8-9 mm. A fairly distinctive, well-marked, black and white elachistid. Larva mines leaves of Great Wood-rush.