Elachista albifrontella
Elachista albifrontella is a moth of the family Elachistidae found in Europe.
Description
The wingspan is. The head is white with a conspicuously whitish forehead. Forewings are blackish; a somewhat oblique fascia before middle, sometimes interrupted, a tornal spot, and a rather larger triangular costal spot beyond it white. Hindwings dark grey. The larva is yellow-whitish; head pale brown; 2 with three rows of brown dots.They are on wing from June to July in one generation per year.
The larvae feed on velvet bent, meadow foxtail, false oat-grass, oats, Avenula pubescens, false-brome, bromes, bunch grass, Calamagrostis epigejos, Dactylis glomerata, Deschampsia cespitosa, Elymus repens, Festuca rubra, Holcus lanatus, Holcus mollis, Koeleria macrantha, Luzula pilosa, Milium effusum, Phalaris arundinacea, Phleum, Poa pratensis, rough meadow-grass, oatgrass and wheat. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Larvae can be found from September to May. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.