Ectoedemia trinotata

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Ectoedemia trinotata
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. trinotata
Binomial name
Ectoedemia trinotata
(Braun, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula trinotataBraun, 1914

Ectoedemia trinotata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in eastern North America. [1]

Mine Ectoedemia trinotata mine.JPG
Mine

The wingspan is 4.5–5 mm. There are two generations per year, the mines of the first appearing during the early part of July and those of the second generation at the beginning of September

The larvae feed on Carya cordiformis and Carya ovata . They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. "Ectoedemia trinotata". Moths of North Carolina. Retrieved 15 August 2021.