Ectoedemia minimella
| Ectoedemia minimella | |
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| Ectoedemia minimella, Trawscoed, North Wales | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. minimella
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia minimella (Zetterstedt, 1839)
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Ectoedemia minimella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic.[1][2][3]
The wingspan is 5-6 mm.[4] Adults are on wing from May to June with one generation per year.[5]
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The larvae are leaf miners and feed on species of birch, alder, and hazel.[5][3] Pupation takes place outside of the mine.[3]
This species was first described by Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839.[1]
References
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- ^ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Ectoedemia minimella [Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae] in Leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects". www.ukflymines.co.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
- ^ "Ectoedemia minimella | UKmoths". www.ukmoths.org.uk. Retrieved 2021-12-08.
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External links
Media related to Ectoedemia minimella at Wikimedia Commons- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- Ectoedemia minimella at UKMoths
- Swedish moths
- Ectoedemia minimella images at Consortium for the Barcode of LifeError: "Q8366399" is not a valid Wikidata entity ID.
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