Family: Elachistidae Checklist Number: 38.028
Elachista alpinella Stainton, 1854
Marsh Sedge-miner
A scarce species with just a handful of records from South Uist. The flight period is June to September. Frequents marshes and wet meadows where the food-plants: sedges (Carex spp.) grow.
References:
Sterling, P. & Parsons, M. (2023 second edition). Field Guide to the Micro-moths of Great Britain and Ireland.