Ectoedemia tigrinella

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Ectoedemia tigrinella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Russian Far East (Primorskiy Kray).[1]

Ectoedemia tigrinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. tigrinella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia tigrinella
(Puplesis, 1985)
Synonyms
  • Obrussa tigrinella Puplesis, 1985
  • Etainia tigrinella

The larvae probably feed on Acer species and probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomy

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It was previously treated as a synonym of Ectoedemia trifasciata.

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