Ectoedemia tigrinella

Ectoedemia tigrinella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorskiy Kray).[1]

Ectoedemia tigrinella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Ectoedemia
Species:
E. tigrinella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia tigrinella
(Puplesis, 1985)
Synonyms
  • Obrussa tigrinella Puplesis, 1985
  • Etainia tigrinella

The larvae probably feed on Acer species and probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

It was previously treated as a synonym of Ectoedemia trifasciata.

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References
  1. Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist


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