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Ectoedemia arcuatella

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Ectoedemia arcuatella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. arcuatella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia arcuatella
Synonyms
  • Nepticula arcuatella Herrich-Schäffer, 1855
  • Nepticula arcuata Frey, 1856
  • Nepticula arcuosella Doubleday, 1859

Ectoedemia arcuatella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Iberian Peninsula, east to and the Volga and Ural regions of Russia.

Mined leaf of Potentilla sterilis
Larva

The wingspan is about 5 mm.Head ochreous-yellowish to fuscous. Antennal eyecaps white. Forewings blackish; an oblique somewhat curved shining silvery fascia in middle; outer half of cilia beyond a blackish line grey whitish. Hindwings grey.[1] Adults are on wing from June to July.

The larvae feed on Fragaria moschata, Fragaria vesca, Fragaria viridis, Potentilla erecta and Potentilla sterilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

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  1. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London
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