Ectoedemia rosiphila
Appearance
Ectoedemia rosiphila | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. rosiphila
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Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia rosiphila Puplesis, 1992
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Ectoedemia rosiphila is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Rimantas Puplesis in 1990.[1] It is known from Kazakhstan and Tadzhikistan.[2][3]
The larvae feed on Rosa fedtschenkoana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
References
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- ^ Markku Savela (2010-10-06). "Ectoedemia Busck, 1907". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ Rank: Species. "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Nepticuloidea.info. Archived from the original on 2012-05-30. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
- ^ Ectoedemia rosae, a new species with disjunct distribution in the French Alps and Norway (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)