Ectoedemia subbimaculella

Ectoedemia subbimaculella
	Imago Hertfordshire, England
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. subbimaculella
Binomial name
	Ectoedemia subbimaculella; (Haworth, 1828)
Synonyms
	Tinea subbimaculella Haworth, 1828; Dechtiria subbimaculella (Haworth, 1828); Stigmella subbimaculella (Haworth, 1828); Nepticula bistrimaculella Heyden, 1861; Nepticula cursoriella Zeller, 1848; Microsetia nigrociliella Stephens, 1834;

Ectoedemia subbimaculella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to Smolensk, Kaluganorth and the Volga and Ural regions of Russia.

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The head is orange. Antennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings are dark fuscous with an ochreous-whitish small basal spot, another on middle of costa, and a larger triangular spot on dorsum before tornus; tips of apical cilia whitish. Hindwings grey.^[1]

The larvae feed on Castanea sativa, Quercus frainetto, Quercus macranthera, Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens, Quercus pyrenaica, Quercus robur and Quercus rubra. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

References

^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

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[1] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

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