Biology:Ectoedemia nigrifasciata

Short description: Species of moth

Ectoedemia nigrifasciata
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. nigrifasciata
Binomial name
Ectoedemia nigrifasciata (Walsingham, 1908)
Synonyms
Nepticula nigrifasciata Dechtiria nigrifasciata (Walsingham, 1908) Klimesch, 1972 (Walsingham, 1908) Diškus et al., 2003 (Walsingham, 1908) Rebel, 1910 Stigmella nigrifasciata Muhabbetana nigrifasciata Walsingham, 1908 Fomoria nigrifasciata (Walsingham, 1908) van Nieukerken et al., 2016 (Walsingham, 1908) Klimesch, 1977 Trifurcula nigrifasciata

Ectoedemia nigrifasciata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.

The larvae feed on Periploca laevigata. They mine the leaves of their host plant. At first, the larva lives in an oval gall in the underside of the leaf, bordering the midrib. Towards the end of its development it makes an elliptic, upper-surface blotch, starting from the gall. There are often several mines in a single gall. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• bladmineerders.nl

References

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