Ectoedemia rosae
Ectoedemia rosae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in France (Briançon area) and Norway (Vang).
| Ectoedemia rosae | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. rosae |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia rosae Van Nieukerken, 2011 | |
The wingspan is 4.5–4.7 mm for males and 5.0–5.2 mm for females. The forewings are dark fuscous and coarsely scaled. The hindwings are grey brown.[1] There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Rosa tomentosa and probably Rosa majalis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine starts as a much contorted narrow gallery in the underside of the parenchyma, with a thick line of broken brown to black frass. Later, the frass becomes more dispersed and black. In the last instar, the mine suddenly enlarges in a roundish or elongate blotch and becomes a full depth mine. Often, several mines are found on a single leaflet. The exit-slit is located on the upper side. Pupation takes place in a dark fuscous cocoon, spun on leaf litter.
Etymology
The species is named after the host plant genus.
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