''Elachista luticomella'' is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in most of Europe. The wingspan is . The moth flies from June to August depending on the location. The head is light ochreous-yellow, seldom with a fuscous spot. Forewings are dark fuscous ; a somewhat oblique fascia before middle, a smalltornal spot, and another on costa beyond it ochreous-whitish, in female enlarged and more conspicuous. Hindwings are blackish grey.The larva is pale yellow ; head pale brown. The larvae feed on hairy brome (''

Bromus ramosus ''Bromus ramosus'', the hairy brome, is a bunchgrass in the grass family Poaceae, native to Europe, northwest Africa and southwest Asia. The name '' Bromus'' comes from the term brome, meaning oats. Unlike most other bromes (''Bromus'' sp.), it g ...

''), cock's-foot ('' Dactylis glomerata''), tufted hairgrass ('' Deschampsia cespitosa''), giant fescue ('' Festuca gigantea''), meadow fescue ('' Festuca pratensis''), perennial ryegrass ('' Lolium perenne''), wood melick (''

Melica uniflora ''Melica uniflora'', commonly known as wood melick, is a species of grass in the family Poaceae that is native to much of Europe, and to parts of South West Asia and North Africa. Description The species rhizomes are elongated. The culm (botany) ...

''), wood millet (''

Milium effusum ''Milium effusum'', the American milletgrass or wood millet, is a species of flowering plant in the grass family Poaceae, native to damp forests of the Holarctic Kingdom. The Latin specific epithet ''effusum'' means "spreading loosely". Habitat ...

''), '' Poa humilis'' and smooth meadow-grass ('' Poa pratensis''). They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine has the form of a long, narrow, white corridor, descending from close to the leaf tip to the leaf base or even the stem. The

frass Frass refers loosely to the more or less solid excreta of insects, and to certain other related matter. Definition and etymology ''Frass'' is an informal term and accordingly it is variously used and variously defined. It is derived from the G ...

is deposited in an inconspicuous grey line. Larvae can be found from late autumn to May and are bright yellow.

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luticomella Leaf miners Moths described in 1839 Moths of Europe Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller {{Elachista-stub