populella group

Classification · Numbers · Food · Works Cited

Green Islands on Populus tremuloides - Ectoedemia argyropeza

0039 Ectoedemia argyropeza on Populus grandidentata - Ectoedemia argyropeza

Round petiole gall on Populus sp. - Ectoedemia populella

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Nepticuloidea (Pygmy Leafmining Moths)

Family Nepticulidae

Genus Ectoedemia

No Taxon populella group

Numbers

3 described species in North America (1 introduced from Europe); 10 species worldwide (1)

Food

Larvae form mines or galls in Populus leaves/petioles

Works Cited

1.	Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 1 November, 2016 - 10:26am

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