Ectoedemia flavimacula
Ectoedemia flavimacula is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from the mountainous area near the Varzob River and the southern Vakhsh River valley in Tadzhikistan, near the border with Afghanistan.
| Ectoedemia flavimacula | |
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. flavimacula |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia flavimacula Puplesis & Diškus, 1996 | |
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The length of the forewings is 1.6-1.8 mm. Adults are on wing from June to August.
The larvae feed on Populus species, probably including Populus pruinosa. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender sinuous or even contorted gallery, which is almost completely filled with green or brownish frass. The gallery gradually widens. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
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