Ectoedemia canadensis

Ectoedemia canadensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. canadensis
Binomial name
Ectoedemia canadensis
(Braun, 1914)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula canadensis Braun, 1914

Ectoedemia canadensis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is known only from the holotype (which is now lost), reared from mines on Alnus tenuifolia and collected at Rogers Pass in British Columbia, on 19 August 1915 by A. Braun. It probably occurs in adjacent Alberta as well.

Mine

The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.

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