Ectoedemia nigrifasciata

Ectoedemia nigrifasciata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.

Ectoedemia nigrifasciata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. nigrifasciata
Binomial name
Ectoedemia nigrifasciata
(Walsingham, 1908)
Synonyms[1]
  • Dechtiria nigrifasciata (Walsingham, 1908) Klimesch, 1972
  • Fomoria nigrifasciata (Walsingham, 1908) Diškus et al., 2003
  • Muhabbetana nigrifasciata (Walsingham, 1908) van Nieukerken et al., 2016
  • Nepticula nigrifasciata (Walsingham, 1908) Rebel, 1910
  • Stigmella nigrifasciata Walsingham, 1908
  • Trifurcula nigrifasciata (Walsingham, 1908) Klimesch, 1977

The larvae feed on Periploca laevigata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. At first, the larva lives in an oval gall in the underside of the leaf, bordering the midrib. Towards the end of its development it makes an elliptic, upper-surface blotch, starting from the gall. There are often several mines in a single gall. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

References
  1. "Ectoedemia nigrifasciata". Global Biodiversity Information Facility. Retrieved 8 April 2022.


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