Ectoedemia trinotata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in eastern North America.[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. trinotata
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia trinotata (Braun, 1914)
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The wingspan is 4.5–5 mm. There are two generations per year, the mines of the first appearing during the early part of July and those of the second generation at the beginning of September
The larvae feed on Carya cordiformis and Carya ovata. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
edit- ^ "Ectoedemia trinotata". Moths of North Carolina. Retrieved 15 August 2021.
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