Ectoedemia clemensella

Ectoedemia clemensella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. clemensella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia clemensella (Chambers, 1873)
Synonyms
Nepticula clemensella Chambers, 1873

Ectoedemia clemensella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland and Ohio.

Mine

The wingspan is 4.5-5.2 mm. There are three generations per year.

The larvae feed on Platanus occidentalis. The mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is linear, gradually increasing in breadth, with its terminal portion expanded into a small blotch three or four times the diameter of the end of the linear mine. The larvae are pale green and the cocoon is ochraceous.

External links

• Nepticulidae of North America

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