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Genus Zimmermannia

Moth ID Request: Ectoedemia sp.? - Zimmermannia mesoloba

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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 Zimmermannia

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Formerly considered a subgenus of Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia castaneae group)

Numbers

5 described species in North America; 17 worldwide

Food

Larvae are barkminers

Remarks

"As a result of our revision we reduce the number of valid species in Eastern North America to five, synonymising eight names, and reviving two old names. We will more extensively diagnose and illustrate these species in a forthcoming publication. There are more North American species in this genus, particularly in the West and South, but these are all unnamed species." (1)

Works Cited

1.	Revised classification and catalogue of global Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera, Nepticuloidea)

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 24 April, 2013 - 3:25pm
Additional contributions by jvandyk
Last updated 8 November, 2016 - 8:21pm

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