Ectoedemia argyropeza

Ectoedemia argyropeza
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. argyropeza
Binomial name
	Ectoedemia argyropeza; (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
	List Lyonetia argyropeza Zeller, 1839; Nepticula apicella Stainton, 1854; Nepticula argyropezella Doubleday, 1859; Ectoedemia downesi Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979; Nepticula simplicella Heinemann, 1862; Nepticula turbulentella Wocke, 1861; ;

Ectoedemia argyropeza is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is a widespread species, with a Holarctic distribution.

Description

The wingspan is 7 mm. The head is ochreous-yellow with a whitish collar. The antennal eyecaps are also whitish. The forewings are dark fuscous with a small costal spot before middle, and a larger dorsal spot before the tornus whitish; outer half of cilia whitish. The hindwings are grey.^[1]^[2] ^[3]

Taxonomy

The name history is complex.^[4]

Adults are on wing from May to June.^[5] It is a parthenogenetic species, with males being extremely rare.

The larvae feed on aspen (Populus tremula) and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides (ssp. downesi)). They mine the leaves of their host plant.^[6]

Subspecies

Ectoedemia argyropeza argyropeza
Ectoedemia argyropeza downesi Wilkinson and Scoble, 1979 (North America)

Distribution

It is found in most of Europe, as well as North America. In Russia, it is found in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kaluga, Tatarstan and Kaliningrad.^[7] It is also known from north-eastern China.

Gallery

Mined leaf of Populus tremula
Larva

References

^ Mayrick, E (1895). A Handbook of British Lepidoptera. London: MacMillan. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.
^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ van Nieukerken, E. J. (1985): A taxonomic revision of the Western Palaearctic species of the subgenera Zimmermannia Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with nothes on their phylogeny. Tijdschrift voor entomologie 128: 1-164.pdf
^ Kimber, Ian. "4.085 BF23 Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller, 1839)". UKmoths. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ Ellis, W N. "Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller, 1839) virgin pigmy". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 30 March 2023.
^ Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region

External links

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[1] Mayrick, E (1895). A Handbook of British Lepidoptera. London: MacMillan. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[2] Emmet, A. M., 1976. Nepticulidae. — In: J. Heath (ed.). The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland 1: 171—267, pls. 1—7, 11, 12.

[3] rum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[4] van Nieukerken, E. J. (1985): A taxonomic revision of the Western Palaearctic species of the subgenera Zimmermannia Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), with nothes on their phylogeny. Tijdschrift voor entomologie 128: 1-164.pdf

[5] Kimber, Ian. "4.085 BF23 Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller, 1839)". UKmoths. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[6] Ellis, W N. "Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller, 1839) virgin pigmy". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 30 March 2023.

[7] Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region

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