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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Ectoedemia » angulifasciella group (Ectoedemia angulifasciella group) » Ectoedemia ulmella - Hodges#0049 (Ectoedemia ulmella)

Species Ectoedemia ulmella - Hodges#0049

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Elm Leaf Miner ID Request - Ectoedemia ulmella elm leaf miner - Ectoedemia ulmella elm leaf miner - Ectoedemia ulmella St. Andrews leaf miner on Ulmus rubra SA693 2016 1 - Ectoedemia ulmella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Ulmus alata D1088 2018 3 - Ectoedemia ulmella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Ulmus alata D1088 2018 4 - Ectoedemia ulmella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Ulmus alata D1833 Ectoedemia 2019 3 - Ectoedemia ulmella Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Ulmus alata D2469 2020 1 - Ectoedemia ulmella
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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 ulmella (Ectoedemia ulmella - Hodges#0049)
Hodges Number
0049
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Ectoedemia ulmella (Braun, 1912)
Nepticula ulmella Braun, 1912 (1)
* phylogenetic sequence #001325
Explanation of Names
Named for the host plant genus (Ulmus).
Size
Wingspan 4-4.5 mm. (1)
Food
Larvae mine the leaves of elm, including Ulmus rubra. (1)
Print References
Braun, A.F. 1912. Notes on the North American species of Nepticula, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera). The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 21(3): 87-88 (1)
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group
Works Cited
1.Notes on the North American species of Nepticula, with descriptions of new species (Lepidoptera).
Annette F. Braun. 1912. The Journal of the Cincinnati Society of Natural History 21(3): 84-101.
Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 July, 2012 - 8:32am
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 25 October, 2013 - 6:56pm

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