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Ectoedemia canutus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. canutus |
Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia canutus Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979 |
The balsam poplar petiole miner (Ectoedemia canutus) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America.
The larvae have been recorded on Populus sect. Tacamahaca, wherein they form galls on the petioles of its leaves. [1]