Family: Elachistidae 597     *     Elachista atricomella Wingspan: 12mm Flight time: May-September Habitat: Grasslands Food plant: Grasses, most frequently Cock's-foot (Dactylis glomerata) Mine: Late autumn to May. A narrow corridor with a thin, central line of greyish frass descends into the leaf sheath, stem or rootstock.

Elachista atricomella
Ballingeary, Co. Cork, SW Ireland. July 2011