Elachista serricornis is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description The wingspan is . The head is grey, the face whitish. Forewings in males are grey, in females blackish-grey; plical stigma black, elongate, followed by a white dot; an oblique white triangular costal spot at 2/3; a small indistinct whitish tornal spot somewhat beyond it. Hindwings grey. grey.Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Keys and descriptionEmmet, A. M. (Hrsg.) (1985): The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland. Volume 3 (Yponomeutidae to Elachistidae). Harley Books, Colchester, Essex.Fal’kovich;M. .I., 1990 Elachistidae; in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 2 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
Biology The larvae feed on Carex elata, rare spring sedge (Carex ericetorum), Carex ferruginea, wood sedge (Carex sylvatica), bladder sedge (Carex vesicaria), common cottongrass (Eriophorum angustifolium), Eriophorum latifolium, hare's-tail cottongrass (Eriophorum vaginatum) and Scirpus sylvaticus.
Distribution It is found from Fennoscandia and northern Russia to northern Italy and from Ireland to Poland and Hungary.
References
External links Lepiforum de Elachista serricornis at UKmoths