Ectoedemia septembrella

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Ectoedemia septembrella
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Ectodemia septembrella, England
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Domain: Eukaryota
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. The antennal eyecaps are whitish. The posterior tarsi are whitish. The forewings are dark fuscous, somewhat pale-sprinkled and with a subtriangular whitish tornal spot; tips of apical cilia whitish. The hindwings are grey. [1] [2] [3]

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. [4]

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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
  2. ↑ lepiforum.de includes images PD-icon.svg This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain .
  3. ↑ Erik J Van Nieukerken,Ebbe S. Nielsen, Roland Johansson, Bert Gustafsson 1990 The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) of NW Europe Brill Editor: Leif Lyneborg ISBN: 90-04-08698 6
  4. ↑ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.


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