Possible 38.032 BF602 Elachista apicipunctella
2 larvae in leaf-mine on cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata) - Hardy Farm, Chorlton, Manchester - 1.9.18. Thought I would try for the leaf-mines of Elachista apicipunctella today, and found these tenanted mines within 10 metres of the back gate, here in Chorlton, Manchester. The mines are on Cock's-foot Grass (Dactylis glomerata). Not sure I can definitely rule out Elachista atricomella but the fact that there are a couple of larvae in the same blade, the mines are more irregular than atricomella, and timing, all make me think these are probably apicipunctella, which is quite a common moth locally.
Does anybody have any experience of the early stages of this species, and how to keep the larvae alive over winter?
Possible 38.032 BF602 Elachista apicipunctella
2 larvae in leaf-mine on cock's-foot grass (Dactylis glomerata) - Hardy Farm, Chorlton, Manchester - 1.9.18. Thought I would try for the leaf-mines of Elachista apicipunctella today, and found these tenanted mines within 10 metres of the back gate, here in Chorlton, Manchester. The mines are on Cock's-foot Grass (Dactylis glomerata). Not sure I can definitely rule out Elachista atricomella but the fact that there are a couple of larvae in the same blade, the mines are more irregular than atricomella, and timing, all make me think these are probably apicipunctella, which is quite a common moth locally.
Does anybody have any experience of the early stages of this species, and how to keep the larvae alive over winter?