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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Stigmella » prunifoliella group (Stigmella prunifoliella group) » Stigmella prunifoliella - Hodges#0070 (Stigmella prunifoliella)
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micromoth 1 - Stigmella prunifoliella
Copyright © 2012 Matthew Kenne

micromoth 1 - Stigmella prunifoliella
Kossuth County, Iowa, USA
July 11, 2012
Size: 3 mm
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Contributed by Matthew Kenne on 13 July, 2012 - 11:05pm
Last updated 17 June, 2013 - 4:13pm

Moved
Moved from Nepticulidae.
… Steve Nanz, 17 June, 2013 - 4:13pm login or register to post comments

Stigmella prunifoliella
Stigmella prunifoliella
… Erik van Nieukerken, 17 June, 2013 - 4:05pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from Moths.
… Charley Eiseman, 9 August, 2012 - 3:38pm login or register to post comments

Moved
Moved from ID Request.
… john and jane balaban, 9 August, 2012 - 3:25pm login or register to post comments

Genus assignment
First, it should be said that dissection is very helpful; unlike in some groups where the genitalia are conserved and therefore not of much use in species determinations, nepticulids tend to be different on genital morphology from one species to the next. But unfortunately, this "two-bander" pattern appears extensively in both Ectoedemia and Stigmella, and that of course renders sight ID, even to genus, a pretty tough proposition. I would love to get to ANSP and photograph all of Braun's reared nepticulids, but so far I never have found the opportunity to do that. So, when it comes to the two-banders, I am basically in the same boat as everyone else with these little moths.
… Terry Harrison, 14 July, 2012 - 10:30am login or register to post comments

Unidentified Ectodoemia Moth
Red head, eye-caps on the antennae and bands are indictive of Unidentified Ectodoemia Moth
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 14 July, 2012 - 5:54am login or register to post comments

 
Misspelling
The genus is misspelled on that page--it should be Ectoedemia. I'll let Bob Patterson know.
Also, how are you ruling out Stigmella?
… Charley Eiseman, 14 July, 2012 - 8:19am login or register to post comments

 
Didn't even consider
Even though they look similar, they just look different. Ectoedemia looks shaggier to me. I think it would be a good idea for Terry to look at it. As for me, it's obviously time for me to go to bed.
Zzzzzz
… Robert Lord Zimlich, 14 July, 2012 - 8:39am login or register to post comments

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