Ectoedemia rosiphila explained

Ectoedemia rosiphila is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Rimantas Puplesis in 1990.[1] It is known from Kazakhstan and Tadzhikistan.[2] [3]

The larvae feed on Rosa fedtschenkoana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ectoedemia Busck, 1907 . Markku Savela. Lepidoptera and some other life forms . 2010-10-06 . 2011-12-16.
  2. Web site: Rank:  Species . Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world . Nepticuloidea.info . 2011-12-16 . 2012-05-30 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120530000820/http://nepticuloidea.info/category/nepticuloidea/ectoedemia/ectoedemia-ectoedemia/ectoedemia-angulifasciella-group/ectoedem-17 . dead .
  3. http://www.repository.naturalis.nl/document/347400 Ectoedemia rosae, a new species with disjunct distribution in the French Alps and Norway (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)

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