Ectoedemia albifasciella
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| Ectoedemia albifasciella, Wepre, North Wales, July 2013 | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. albifasciella
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia albifasciella (Heinemann, 1871)
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Ectoedemia albifasciella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in all of Europe except the Mediterranean Islands. In the east it ranges to the Volga and Ural regions of Russia.
The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The head is orange and the forewings are dark brownish with a broken creamy fascia.[1][2] Adults are on wing in June.
The larvae feed on Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens, Quercus pyrenaica, Quercus robur, Quercus rubra and occasionally also on Castanea sativa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
References
[edit]- ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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- ^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
External links
[edit]- UKmoths
- Ectoedemia albifasciella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- bladmineerders.nl
- Ectoedemia albifasciella at Naturhistoriska riksmuseet
- Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region
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