Ectoedemia septembrella

Ectoedemia septembrella
	Ectodemia septembrella, England
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. septembrella
Binomial name
	Ectoedemia septembrella; (Stainton, 1849)
Synonyms
	Nepticula septembrella Stainton, 1849;

Ectoedemia septembrella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in most of Europe, east to the eastern part of the Palearctic realm. It is also found in the Near East.

The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The head is ferruginous to ochreous with a whitish collar. The antennal eyecaps are whitish. The posterior tarsi are whitish. The forewings are dark fuscous, somewhat pale-sprinkled and with a subtriangular whitish tornal spot; tips of apical cilia whitish. The hindwings are grey.^[1]^[2] ^[3]

Adults are on wing in May and June and again in August.

The larvae feed on Hypericum bupleuroides, Hypericum caprifolium, Hypericum hircinum, Hypericum hirsutum, Hypericum hookerianum, Hypericum inodorum, Hypericum maculatum, Hypericum montanum, Hypericum nummularium, Hypericum patulum, Hypericum perforatum, Hypericum rhodoppeum, Hypericum serpyllifolium, Hypericum tetrapterum, Hypericum undulatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. ^[4]

References

^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
^ lepiforum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.
^ Erik J Van Nieukerken,Ebbe S. Nielsen, Roland Johansson, Bert Gustafsson 1990 The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) of NW Europe Brill Editor: Leif Lyneborg ISBN 90-04-08698-6
^ 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.

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[1] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description

[2] rum.de includes images This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[3] Erik J Van Nieukerken,Ebbe S. Nielsen, Roland Johansson, Bert Gustafsson 1990 The Nepticulidae and Opostegidae (Lepidoptera) of NW Europe Brill Editor: Leif Lyneborg ISBN 90-04-08698-6

[4] 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.

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