Ectoedemia clemensella Chambers, 1873
Ectoedemia clemensella: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/5452
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Ectoedemia clemensella is a leaf miner of American Sycamore. It forms a "long linear mine that suddenly broadens into a small terminal blotch" (Eiseman and Charney, 2010).

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Ectoedemia clemensella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Nepticulidae. It is found in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, and Ohio.

Mine

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

The larvae feed on Platanus occidentalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]

References

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  1. ^ van Nieukerken, Erik J., and Gerard van der Velde. "Changing Distribution Patterns Of Northern Hemisphere Eudicot Hosts Of Ectoedemia Ss During The Tertiary In Relation To Their Phylogeny: Setting The Scene For Leafminer Evolution." (2009).
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