Ectoedemia hannoverella
Ectoedemia hannoverella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. hannoverella
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Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia hannoverella (Glitz, 1872) [1]
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Ectoedemia hannoverella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Asia and Europe. The larva mines the leaves of poplars causing a small gall in the petiole.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 6–7 mm.[2] The moth is easily confused with Ectoedemia turbidella, both species having a white discal spot in the basal part of the forewing and many scattered white scales on a dark ground. The genitalia differ. They are on wing from April to May in western Europe.
The larvae feed on Italian poplar (Populus x canadensis) and black poplar (Populus nigra). They mine the leaves of their host plant, only feeding at night.[3] Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[2][4]
Distribution
[edit]It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland) to southern Siberia, but is most common in central Europe.[1] It was not recorded in Great Britain until 2002 when mines were found in the fallen leaves of Italian poplar.[2]
Gallery
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) hannoverella (Glitz, 1872)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ a b c Kimber, Ian. "4.083 BF24a Ectoedemia hannoverella (Glitz, 1872)". UKmoths. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ Ellis, W M. "Ectoedemia hannoverella (Glitz, 1872) new poplar pigmy". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
- ^ "4.083 Ectoedemia hannoverella (Glitz,1872)". British Leafminers. Retrieved 12 April 2023.
External links
[edit]- Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region
- A Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with notes on their Phylogeny