Ectoedemia marmaropa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1925. It is known from North America, including Utah, Wyoming, Ohio, Alberta, British Columbia, Newfoundland, and California.[1]
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. marmaropa
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| Ectoedemia marmaropa (Braun, 1925)
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The wingspan is 4.2-4.4 mm. The forewings are dark brown. The larvae feed on Rosa woodsii and Rosa californica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[2]
References
edit- ^ 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.
- ^ van Nieukerken, E. J.; Berggren, K. (2011). "Ectoedemia rosae, a new species with disjunct distribution in the French Alps and Norway (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)". Tijdschrift voor Entomologie. 154 (2): 181–191. doi:10.1163/22119434-900000316. ISSN 0040-7496.
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- "160092.00 – 0042 – Ectoedemia marmaropa – (Braun, 1925)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
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