Ectoedemia argyropeza

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Ectoedemia argyropeza
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. argyropeza
Binomial name
Ectoedemia argyropeza
(Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
List
    • Lyonetia argyropezaZeller, 1839
    • Nepticula apicellaStainton, 1854
    • Nepticula argyropezellaDoubleday, 1859
    • Ectoedemia downesiWilkinson & Scoble, 1979
    • Nepticula simplicellaHeinemann, 1862
    • Nepticula turbulentellaWocke, 1861

Ectoedemia argyropeza is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is a widespread species, with a Holarctic distribution.

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Description

The wingspan is 7 mm. The head is ochreous-yellow with a whitish collar. The antennal eyecaps are also whitish. The forewings are dark fuscous with a small costal spot before middle, and a larger dorsal spot before the tornus whitish; outer half of cilia whitish. The hindwings are grey. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Taxonomy

The name history is complex. [5]

Adults are on wing from May to June. [6] It is a parthenogenetic species, with males being extremely rare.

The larvae feed on aspen ( Populus tremula ) and quaking aspen ( Populus tremuloides (ssp. downesi)). They mine the leaves of their host plant. [7]

Subspecies

Distribution

It is found in most of Europe, as well as North America. In Russia, it is found in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kaluga, Tatarstan and Kaliningrad. [8] It is also known from north-eastern China.

References

  1. ↑ Mayrick, E (1895). A Handbook of British Lepidoptera. London: MacMillan.PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description
  2. ↑ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
  3. ↑ lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  4. ↑ Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (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
  5. ↑ 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
  6. ↑ Kimber, Ian. "4.085 BF23 Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller, 1839)". UKmoths. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  7. ↑ Ellis, W N. "Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller, 1839) virgin pigmy". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
  8. ↑ Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region


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