Ectoedemia platea

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

Ectoedemia platea is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by James Brackenridge Clemens in 1861. It is known from North America.

It was described from a larva feeding on Quercus species, and might be just a synonym, probably of Ectoedemia anguinella . The larva is described as purplish with a pale green vascular line and a row of reddish-brown dorsal dashes. However, the purple colour of the larva is not conclusive, as the colour is often produced in larvae which feed on leaves with autumnal colouration.


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