Ectoedemia angulifasciella

Ectoedemia angulifasciella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, except the Mediterranean Islands.

Damage

Ectoedemia angulifasciella
Ectoedemia angulifasciella, pair in copula Trawscoed, North Wales, May 2011
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Ectoedemia
Species:
E. angulifasciella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia angulifasciella
(Stainton, 1849)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula angulifasciella Stainton, 1849
  • Nepticula brunniella Sauber, 1904
  • Nepticula minorella Zimmermann, 1944
  • Nepticula schleichiella Frey, 1870
  • Nepticula utensis Weber, 1937

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing in July. The head is pale ochreous and the antennal eyecaps ochreous-white. The forewings are black with a somewhat bent sometimes interrupted shining silvery fascia in middle. The outer half of cilia beyond a black line are white. Hind wings are grey.[1]

The larvae feed on Filipendula vulgaris, Rosa canina, Rosa pendulina, Rosa sempervirens, Sanguisorba minor and Sanguisorba officinalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a strongly contorted, intestine-like corridor with brown and coiled frass. The last part of the corridor often follows the leaf margin for some distance. At the end, the corridor widens into an elongate blotch. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

References
  1. Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description


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