Biology:Ectoedemia albida

Short description: Species of moth

Ectoedemia albida
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. albida
Binomial name
Ectoedemia albida Puplesis, 1994

Ectoedemia albida is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from southern Turkmenistan and northern Iran.

The wingspan is about 7.4 mm. Adults are on the wing in April and May.

The hostplant is unknown, but it is probably a Populus species.

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  Male genitalia
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  Female genitalia

External links

• Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition

Wikidata ☰ Q5334006 entry