Ectoedemia albifasciella

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Ectoedemia albifasciella
Ectoedemia albifasciella, Wepre, North Wales, July 2013 (20360399603).jpg
Ectoedemia albifasciella, Wepre, North Wales, July 2013
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. albifasciella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia albifasciella
(Heinemann, 1871)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula albifasciellaHeinemann, 1871
  • Nepticula subapicellaStainton, 1886
  • Dechtiria albifasciella(Heinemann, 1871)

Ectoedemia albifasciella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe except the Mediterranean Islands. In the east it ranges to the Volga and Ural regions of Russia.

Ectoedemia albifasciella mine Ectoedemia.albifasciella4.-.lindsey.jpg
Ectoedemia albifasciella mine

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The head is orange and the forewings are dark brownish with a broken creamy fascia. [1] [2] Adults are on wing in June.

The larvae feed on Quercus petraea , Quercus pubescens , Quercus pyrenaica , Quercus robur , Quercus rubra and occasionally also on Castanea sativa . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

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References

  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  2. lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .