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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.

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