Ectoedemia quadrinotata
Ectoedemia quadrinotata is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. The known range of this species includes Ohio and Kentucky in the United States, and Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec in Canada.[1][2] This species was first described by American entomologist Annette Frances Braun in 1917.[1][2]
Mine
| Ectoedemia quadrinotata | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. quadrinotata |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia quadrinotata (Braun, 1917) | |
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The larvae mine the leaves of Carpinus caroliniana and Corylus americana.[1] There are two generations per year (bivoltine), with mines initiated in July and again starting in late August.[1]
References
- Annette Frances Braun (1917). "Nepticulidae of North America". Transactions of the American Entomological Society. 43 (2): 155–209. ISSN 0002-8320. JSTOR 25076968. Wikidata Q109923600.
- Gregory R. Pohl; Jean-François Landry; Christian Schmidt; et al. (2018). Annotated checklist of the moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera) of Canada and Alaska. Series Faunistica. Vol. 118. ISBN 978-954-642-909-4. ISSN 1312-0174. OL 32898597M. Wikidata Q97158808.
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