Ectoedemia platanella

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Ectoedemia platanella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. platanella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia platanella
(Clemens, 1861)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula platanellaClemens, 1861

Ectoedemia platanella, the sycamore leaf blotch miner, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the eastern parts of the United States.

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Ectoedemia platanella mine

The wingspan is 5.5–7 mm.

The larvae feed on Platanus species. They mine the leaves of their host plant.