Ectoedemia ulmella

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Ectoedemia ulmella
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. ulmella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia ulmella
(Braun, 1912)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula ulmellaBraun, 1912

Ectoedemia ulmella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Kentucky and Pennsylvania in the United States.

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Mine

The wingspan is 4–5 mm. There are two generations per year. Mature larvae are found in July and in September.

The larvae feed on Ulmus fulva and Ulmus thomasii . They mine the leaves of their host plant.