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| Ectoedemia turbidella | |
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. turbidella |
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| Ectoedemia turbidella | |
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Ectoedemia turbidella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae and is found in most of Europe. The larva mine the leaves of poplar trees and was first described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848.
Description
[edit]The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The wing ground colour is grey There are creamy white forewing patches and the head has an orange or yellowish tuft and whitish eyecaps. Adults are on wing from May to June.[2][3][4]
Distribution
[edit]It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Greece and the Mediterranean islands), east to the Volga and Ural regions of Russia.[1][3]
Gallery
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Female genitalia
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) turbidella (Zeller, 1848)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Kimber, Ian. "4.084 BF24 Ectoedemia turbidella (Zeller, 1848)". UKmoths. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ a b Ellis, W N. "Ectoedemia turbidella (Zeller, 1848) grey-poplar pigmy". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 8 April 2023.
- ^ Redfern, Margaret; Shirley, Peter; Bloxham, Michael (2011). British Plant Galls. Shrewsbury: Field Studies Council. p. 213. ISBN 978-1-85153-284-1.
External links
[edit]- Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region
- A Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering And Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), With Notes On Their Phylogeny
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