Ectoedemia angulifasciella

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Ectoedemia angulifasciella
Ectoedemia angulifasciella, Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2011 (20793514148).jpg
Ectoedemia angulifasciella, pair in copula Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2011
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. angulifasciella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia angulifasciella
(Stainton, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula angulifasciellaStainton, 1849
  • Nepticula brunniellaSauber, 1904
  • Nepticula minorellaZimmermann, 1944
  • Nepticula schleichiellaFrey, 1870
  • Nepticula utensisWeber, 1937

Ectoedemia angulifasciella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Mediterranean Islands.

Damage Ectoedemia angulifasciella BE-MK-9881b.jpg
Damage

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The head is pale ochreous and the antennal eyecaps ochreous-white. The forewings are black with a somewhat bent sometimes interrupted shining silvery fascia in middle. The outer half of cilia beyond a black line are white. Hind wings are grey. [1] [2] van Nieukerken provides a key and description. [3] [4]

Adults are on wing in July.

The larvae feed on Filipendula vulgaris , Rosa canina , Rosa pendulina , Rosa sempervirens , Sanguisorba minor and Sanguisorba officinalis . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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 .
  3. ↑ van Nieukerken, E. J. (1985): A taxonomic revision of the Western Palaearctic species of the subgenera Zimmermannia Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with nothes on their phylogeny. Tijdschrift voor entomologie 128: 1-164.pdf
  4. ↑ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticilidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987


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