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Elachista geminatella
Norfolk Wood-rush Miner (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Elachistidae
593a / 38.020

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Similar Species: None
Wingspan: 8-9mm
Foodplant:   Great Woodrush, Hairy Wood-rush
Nat Status: Extinct
Verification Grade:  Adult: 4
Status
Extinct in the British Isles. Recorded throughout western Europe.

Now split into complex of three species.
Elachista regificella, E. geminatella and E. tengstromi.

The only British specimens of E. geminatella were taken by Lord Walsingham at Merton, Norfolk in the latter half of the 19th century. Walsingham leg. & Coll. (BMNH)

Further info...

[The Elachista regificella sircom complex (Lep: Elachistidae) in Britain. L Kaila, J R Langmaid. Ent. Rec Vol. 117. 2005]
[A revision of the Elachista regificella Sircom -complex (Lepidoptera: Elachistidae) Lauri Kaila, Bengt Å. Bengtsson, Ivars Òulcs & Jari Junnilainen. Nov 2001]

Verification Grade Comment: Extinct

Determination by Genitalia Examination Required

Recorded in 1 (1%) of 74 10k Squares.
First Recorded in 1888.
Last Recorded in 1894.
Additional Stats

Latest 10 Records
Date#VC10kArea
05/08/18941328TL99Thompson / Gt.Hockham
29/07/1894228TL99Thompson / Gt.Hockham
25/07/1894128TL99Thompson / Gt.Hockham
25/07/1891128TL99Thompson / Gt.Hockham
03/08/1888128TL99Thompson / Gt.Hockham
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