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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Pygmy Leafmining Moths (Nepticuloidea) » Nepticulidae » Ectoedemia » platanella group (Ectoedemia platanella group) » Ectoedemia platanella - Hodges#0043 (Ectoedemia platanella)

Species Ectoedemia platanella - Hodges#0043

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Explanation of Names · Size · Range · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited

Sycamore Leaf Miner [Ectoedemia? platanella??] ID Request - Ectoedemia platanella

Glennstone leaf miner on Platanus occidentalus D227 Cameraria maybe 2015 1 - Ectoedemia platanella

Sandy creek park Durham leaf miner on Platanus occidentalis D333 2016 1 - Ectoedemia platanella

Ectodoemia ex Platanus occidentalis - Ectoedemia platanella

Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Platanus occidentalis D826 2017 1 - Ectoedemia platanella

Leigh Farm Park leaf miner on Platanus occidentalis D826 2017 3 - Ectoedemia platanella

Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Platanus occidentalis Ectoedemia platanella 2018 1 - Ectoedemia platanella

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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 (platanella group)

Species platanella (Ectoedemia platanella - Hodges#0043)

Hodges Number

0043

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Ectoedemia platanella (Clemens, 1861)

Nepticula platanella Clemens, 1861

Nepticula maximella Chambers, 1873

* phylogenetic sequence #001175

Explanation of Names

Named for the host plant genus (Platanus).

Size

Forewing length 1.8-2.3 mm. (1)

Wingspan 3.6-6.8 mm. (2)

Range

Widespread.

Food

Larvae mine the leaves of sycamore, including California sycamore (Platanus racemosa) and American sycamore (Platanus occidentalis). (1), (2)

Print References

Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press. p.37, pl.1.8f (1)

Wilkinson, C. & P.J. Newton 1981. The micro-lepidopteran genus Ectoedemia Busck (Nepticulidae) in North America. Tijdschrift voor entomologie 124(2-3): 51-54 (2)

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Works Cited

1.	Moths of Western North America Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.

2.	The Micro-Lepidopteran genus of Ectoedemia (Busck) Nepticulidae in North America Christopher Wilkinson, P. J. Newton . 1981. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 124: 27-92.

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 July, 2012 - 11:22pm
Additional contributions by Randy Hardy
Last updated 22 October, 2013 - 10:13pm

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