Ectoedemia septembrella

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Ectoedemia septembrella
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Ectodemia septembrella, England
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. septembrella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia septembrella
(Stainton, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula septembrellaStainton, 1849

Ectoedemia septembrella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm. It is also found in the Near East.

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Damage

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The head is ferruginous to ochreous with a whitish collar. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Posterior tarsi whitish. Forewings dark fuscous, somewhat pale-sprinkled and with a subtriangular whitish tornal spot ; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings grey. [1] Adults are on wing in May and June and again in August.

The larvae feed on Hypericum bupleuroides , Hypericum caprifolium , Hypericum hircinum , Hypericum hirsutum , Hypericum hookerianum , Hypericum inodorum , Hypericum maculatum , Hypericum montanum , Hypericum nummularium , Hypericum patulum , Hypericum perforatum , Hypericum rhodoppeum , Hypericum serpyllifolium , Hypericum tetrapterum , Hypericum undulatum . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a long, winding corridor with a broad frass line. The corridor widens into a slightly inflated blotch. In this blotch, the frass is concentrated in the centre. Pupation takes place in a cocoon inside the blotch.

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References

  1. ↑ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain . Keys and description


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