Elachista littoricola

Checklist Number
38.011 [B&F: 0616a]

Verification
Record will require further evidence, at least a good photograph, unless CMR is aware recorder has confidence in identification

Classification

Family:Elachistidae
Subfamily:Elachistinae
Genus:Elachista
Species:littoricola
Authority:Le Marchand, 1938

Endangered (proposed as a future Red Data Book species) and restricted in Britain to just one site on coastal grassland at Hurst Castle and Keyhaven in Hampshire. Admitted to the British list on the basis of specimens taken from there in 1982, but not recorded in the region since 1990. Not recorded from the Isle of Wight to date. Wingspan 7-8 mm. Larva mines leaves of Common Couch.

The abundance in each month is indicated as follows:

No records
Very occasional
Irregular
Uncommon
Off-peak, but not unusual
Off-peak, but not unusual
Main flight time
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Adult
Larval

Records by week (adult)

Records by week (larval)

No Larval records to show.

VC11 South Hampshire

Site Date Quantity Recorder Stage
Hurst Castle (SZ39)1982-E H Wild-
Hurst Castle (SZ38)04/06/1985-J R Langmaid, E C Pelham-Clinton, E H WildAdult
Hurst Castle (SZ38)10/06/1990-J R Langmaid, M W HarperAdult
Keyhaven (SZ39)10/06/1990twoJ R Langmaid, M W HarperAdult
Hurst Castle (SZ38)02/06/1992twoJ R Langmaid, D J L Agassiz, A M EmmetAdult