Ectoedemia louisella
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. louisella
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Ectoedemia louisella (Sircom, 1849)
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Ectoedemia louisella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Great Britain to Ukraine, and from Denmark to Italy.[1]
The wingspan is 5–8 mm. There are two to three generations per year with adults on wing from April to May and from July to October.
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The larvae feed on Tatar maple (Acer tataricum) and field maple (Acer campestre) mining in the seeds (samaras).[2][3]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ectoedemia (Etainia) louisella (Sircom, 1849)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Ellis, W N. "Etainia louisella (Sircom, 1849) maple-seed pigmy". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 28 March 2023.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "4.075 BF22 Etainia louisella (Sircom, 1849)". UKmoths. Retrieved 28 March 2023.