Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella

Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Kentucky, Ohio and North Carolina in the United States.

Mine

Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella
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E. nyssaefoliella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella
(Chambers, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula nyssaefoliella Chambers, 1880

The wingspan is 4.5–6 mm. There are two or three generations per year. The larvae of the first generation become full-grown in June.

The larvae feed on Nyssa sylvatica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is narrow and linear at first, then abruptly enlarging into a blotch. The cocoon is pale greenish brown.


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