Ectoedemia spiraeae
Ectoedemia spiraeae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Slovakia and the Mátra mountains in Hungary.
| Ectoedemia spiraeae | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. spiraeae |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia spiraeae Gregor & Povolny, 1983 | |
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The wingspan is 4.8-5.6 mm. Adults have been reared from February to March and from May to June. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Spiraea media. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor following a vein, occasionally the leaf margin, filled with brown, dispersed frass. The corridor widens into a large, irregular blotch with blackish dispersed frass.
Male genitalia
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- A Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering And Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), With Notes On Their Phylogeny
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