Ectoedemia argyropeza explained
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.
External links
Notes and References
- Book: Mayrick . E . Edward Meyrick . A Handbook of British Lepidoptera . 1895 . MacMillan . London . 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.
- https://lepiforum.org/wiki/page/Ectoedemia_argyropeza lepiforum.de includes images
- 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
- Web site: Kimber . Ian . 4.085 BF23 Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller, 1839) . UKmoths . 30 March 2023.
- Web site: Ellis . W N . Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller, 1839) virgin pigmy . Plant Parasites of Europe . 30 March 2023.
- http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/50437 Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region
