Elachista poae, 22.vii.2016, Groningen, The Netherlands

Male. Ex larva, Avon Meadows Wetland, Pershore, VC37. May 2016

Male. Ex larva, Avon Meadows Wetland, Pershore, VC37. May 2016

Male. Pershore, Worcestershire. Ex pupa on Glyceria maxima. May 2016

Deeside, North Wales, August 2011

Pre-pupation larva beneath light spinning on Glyceria maxima.

Pupa on Glyceria maxima. Avon Meadows Wetland, Pershore, VC37.
The spinning is quite delicate and is often abraded.

The larva mines down from near the tip (left) and may cross to a new leaf mining upwards. Older mines discolour reddish brown (right). Leasowes Park, Halesowen, West Midlands. May 18th 2016

Glyceria maxima at the margins os a derelict canal. Halesowen, West Midlands.