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Species Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella - Hodges#0050

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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 (angulifasciella group)
Species nyssaefoliella (Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella - Hodges#0050)
Hodges Number
0050
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella (Chambers, 1880)
Nepticula nyssaefoliella Chambers, 1880
* phylogenetic sequence #001375
Explanation of Names
Specific name nyssaefoliella means "leaves of Nyssa."
Size
Wingspan 4.2-6.4 mm. (1)
Identification
Adult - see Braun, 1917 and Wilkinson & Newton, 1981. (2), (1)
Food
Larvae mine in the leaves of blackgum (Nyssa sylvatica). (2)
Print References
Chambers, V.T. 1880. Notes upon some Tineid larvae. Psyche 3(73): 66
Wilkinson, C. & P.J. Newton 1981. The micro-lepidopteran genus Ectoedemia Busck (Nepticulidae) in North America. Tijdschrift voor entomologie 124(2-3): 67-70 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Nepticulidae of the World
Wikipedia
Works Cited
1.The Micro-Lepidopteran genus of Ectoedemia (Busck) Nepticulidae in North America
Christopher Wilkinson, P. J. Newton . 1981. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 124: 27-92.
2.Nepticulidae of North America.
Annette F. Braun. 1917. Transactions of the American Entomological Society 43: 155-209.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 17 July, 2011 - 4:51pm
Additional contributions by Beatriz Moisset, Randy Hardy
Last updated 23 October, 2013 - 9:37am

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