Ectoedemia hypericella

Ectoedemia hypericella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. hypericella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia hypericella
(Braun, 1925)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula hypericella Braun, 1925
  • Fomoria hypericella

Ectoedemia hypericella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Annette Frances Braun in 1925. It is known from North America, including Ohio.[1]

The wingspan is 4-4.8 mm.

The larvae feed on Hypericum prolificum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a very long, slender tract on the upper surface. The frass is deposited centrally as a continuous line in the early portion but is more generally scattered later.

References

  1. ↑ "Fomoria hypericella (Braun, 1925) Wilkinson, 1979". Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the World. 2.0. 2018. Retrieved June 1, 2018.
  • "160064.00 – 0061 – Fomoria hypericella – (Braun, 1925)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved June 1, 2018.


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