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Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) argyropeza

  • 1. Naturalis Biodiversity Center, Leiden, Netherlands
  • 2. Mendel University of Agriculture & Forestry, Brno ,, Czech Republic

Description

Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) argyropeza (Zeller)

Biology. Hostplants: Populus tremula L., in North America on P. tremuloides Michx. Univoltine, larvae September to November, adults fly from April to June.

Distribution. Ireland: Bond and Van Nieukerken 1987; Latvia: Savenkov et al. 1996; Lithuania: Ivinskis et al. 1985; Belarus: Merzheevskaja et al. 1976. Also recorded from Northeastern China (Van Nieukerken and Liu 2000), possibly as an introduction.

Remarks. In Ireland a few males of this parthenogenetic species were discovered and described (Bond and Van Nieukerken 1987).

Notes

Published as part of van Nieukerken, Erik, Laštůvka, Aleš & Laštůvka, Zdeněk, 2010, Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition, pp. 1-82 in ZooKeys 32 (32) on page 27, DOI: 10.3897/zookeys.32.282, http://zenodo.org/record/576594

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References

  • Bond KGM, Nieukerken EJ van (1987) Discovery of male Ectoedemia argyropeza (Zeller) (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae) in south-west Ireland. Entomologist's Gazette 38: 191 - 195.
  • Savenkov N, Sulcs I, Kerppola S, Hulden L (1996) Checklist of Latvian Lepidoptera. Baptria 21: 1 - 71.
  • Ivinskis P, Pakalniskis S, Puplesis R (1985) Augalus Minuojantys Vabzdziai [Leafmining insects]. Mokslas, Vilnius, 1 - 240 pp.
  • Merzheevskaja OI, Litvinova AN, Molchanova RV (1976) Cheshuekrylye (Lepidoptera) Belorussii. Katalog. Akademija Nauk Belorusskoj SSR, Otdel Zoologii i Parazitologii, Minsk, 132 pp.
  • Nieukerken EJ van, Liu Y (2000) Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) in China, 1. Introduction and Stigmella Schrank feeding on Fagaceae. Tijdschrift voor Entomologie 143: 145 - 181. http: // www. nev. nl / tve / cat / info. php? artikelid = 2321.