Ectoedemia argyropeza

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Ectoedemia argyropeza
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Domain: Eukaryota
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.

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