Ectoedemia minimella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic.[1][2][3]
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| Ectoedemia minimella, Trawscoed, North Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. minimella
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| Ectoedemia minimella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
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The wingspan is 5-6 mm.[4] The head hair and collar are black, the eyecups white. The antennae are grey and about half the forewing length. The forewings are black with a silvery transverse band. The hindwings are grey[5]
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The larvae are leaf miners and feed on species of birch, alder, and hazel.[6][3] Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3] Adults are on wing from May to June with one generation per year.[6]
This species was first described by Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b Erik J van Nieukerken; Camiel Doorenweerd; Robert J B Hoare; Donald R Davis (31 October 2016). "Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)". ZooKeys. 628 (628): 65–246. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.628.9799. ISSN 1313-2989. PMC 5126388. PMID 27917038. Wikidata Q28109648.
- ^ Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.
- ^ a b c "Ectoedemia minimella [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects". www.ukflymines.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ "Ectoedemia minimella | UKmoths". www.ukmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ lepiforum.de includes images
This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
- ^ a b Erik van Nieukerken; Aleš Laštůvka; Zdeněk Laštůvka (8 January 2010). "Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition". ZooKeys. 32 (32): 1–82. doi:10.3897/ZOOKEYS.32.282. ISSN 1313-2989. Wikidata Q21191520.
External links
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Media related to Ectoedemia minimella at Wikimedia Commons- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- Ectoedemia minimella at UKMoths
- Swedish moths
- Ectoedemia minimella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
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