Elachista albidella
Cottongrass Sedge-miner
ElachistidaeABH 38.046 B&F 630Feeding on sedges and cotton-grasses, this is a species of boggy ground. Four records - Brean Down (2021 - surely a wanderer/migrant), Chetsford Water, Exmoor (2002) and Shapwick Heath (1920, 1952). There is plenty more suitable habitat on Exmoor, and potentially it could be fairly widespread there.
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