Ectoedemia canutus explained

The balsam poplar petiole miner (Ectoedemia canutus) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America.

The larvae have been recorded on Populus sect. Tacamahaca, wherein they form galls on the petioles of its leaves.^[1]

Notes and References

1. Wilkinson . Christopher . Character analyses for discrimination and affinity recognition of the North American Microlepidoptera in the genus Ectoedemia Busck (Nepticulidae: Lepidoptera) . Beaufortia . 1 January 1988 . 37 . 7 . 121–154 . en . 0067-4745.