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Elachista pollinariella Zeller, 1839

A very rare species in Belgium.

The larva makes a gradually widening transparant gallery from top of leaf towards the base of Poaceae like Brachypodium sylvaticum, Festuca, Poa, Elymus repens etc...

The adults fly in one generation a year: from May till mid June. They come to light.


Belgium, Liège, Flémalle-Haute, 04 May 2011.
(Photo © Jean-Yves Baugnée)


Comments to Willy De Prins or Chris Steeman
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