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Genus Ectoedemia

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leaf miner in blackgum - Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella Moth 31 - Ectoedemia Unidentified Ectodoemia Moth - Hodges #058.97 - Ectoedemia Glennstone leaf miner on Platanus occidentalus D222 Stigmella maybe 2015 4 - Ectoedemia clemensella Ectoedemia similella? - Ectoedemia Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Rubus pensilvanicus D1064 2018 13 - Ectoedemia rubifoliella St. Andrews leaf miner on Carya tomentosa D1619 2019 1 - Ectoedemia virgulae Ectoedemia sp.? - Ectoedemia
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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

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ectoedemia Busck, 1907 (1)
Formerly included Etainia, Fomoria, and Zimmermannia as subgenera

Explanation of Names

Genus name Ectoedemia is Greek meaning "external swelling," for the gall-making habit of the larvae.

Numbers

14 species in North America; 89 species worldwide (2)

See Also

Per Dr. Erik van Nieukerken here "Difference between Ectoedemia and Stigmella: Stigmella has a collar of lamellar scales, here concolorous with the thorax (between the eyecaps), whereas Ectoedemia and other genera have a small collar consisting of hair scales."

Print References

Busck, A. 1907. New American Tineina. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington 8(3-4): 97-98 (1)

Works Cited

1.New American Tineina
August Busck. 1907. Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington, 8: 86-99.
2.Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)
Contributed by Eric R. Eaton on 21 January, 2009 - 2:42pm
Additional contributions by Steve Nanz, ceiseman, Randy Hardy
Last updated 1 November, 2016 - 8:15am

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