''Ectoedemia'' is a

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moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...

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Nepticulidae Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes (see also Opostegidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, inc ...

. It consists of the subgenera ''Ectoedemia'', ''Etainia'', ''Fomoria'' and ''Zimmermannia''. This genus was established by

August Busck Augustus Busck (February 18, 1870 in Randers, DenmarkBUSCK, Augustus
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Species

Note that some species have multiple entries, since they are found in different regions.

Species found in Africa

*'' Ectoedemia alexandria'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia bicarina'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia capensis'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia commiphorella'' Scoble, 1978 *'' Ectoedemia craspedota'' (Vári, 1963) *'' Ectoedemia crispae'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia crypsixantha'' (Meyrick, 1918) *'' Ectoedemia denticulata'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia digitata'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia expeditionis'' Mey, 2004 *'' Ectoedemia furcella'' Scoble, 1983 *''

Ectoedemia fuscata ''Ectoedemia'' is a genus of moths in the family Nepticulidae. It consists of the subgenera ''Ectoedemia'', ''Etainia'', ''Fomoria'' and ''Zimmermannia''. This genus was established by August Busck in 1907. Species Note that some species hav ...

'' (Janse, 1948) *'' Ectoedemia gambiana'' (Gustafsson, 1972) *'' Ectoedemia grandinosa'' (Meyrick, 1911) *'' Ectoedemia guerkiae'' Scoble, 1983 *''

Ectoedemia gymnosporiae ''Ectoedemia gymnosporiae'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Vári in 1955. It is known from South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country ...

'' (Vári, 1955) *''

Ectoedemia hobohmi ''Ectoedemia hobohmi'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Anthonie Johannes Theodorus Janse in 1948. It is known from Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southern Af ...

'' (Janse, 1948) *''

Ectoedemia incisaevora ''Ectoedemia'' is a genus of moths in the family Nepticulidae. It consists of the subgenera ''Ectoedemia'', ''Etainia'', ''Fomoria'' and ''Zimmermannia''. This genus was established by August Busck in 1907. Species Note that some species hav ...

'' Scoble, 1983 *''

Ectoedemia indicaevora ''Ectoedemia indicaevora'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1983. It is known from Zimbabwe. The larvae feed on ''Flacourtia indica ''Flacourtia indica'' (known commonly as ramontchi, governor's plum and Indi ...

'' Scoble, 1983 *''

Ectoedemia insulata ''Ectoedemia'' is a genus of moths in the family Nepticulidae. It consists of the subgenera ''Ectoedemia'', ''Etainia'', ''Fomoria'' and ''Zimmermannia''. This genus was established by August Busck in 1907. Species Note that some species hav ...

'' (Meyrick, 1911) *''

Ectoedemia jupiteri ''Ectoedemia jupiteri'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1983. It is known from South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country in ...

'' Scoble, 1983 *''

Ectoedemia kharuxabi ''Ectoedemia kharuxabi'' or ''Fomoria kharuxabi'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Wolfram Mey in 2004. It is known from Namibia Namibia, officially the Republic of Namibia, is a country on the west coast of Southe ...

'' Mey, 2004 *''

Ectoedemia knysnaensis ''Ectoedemia knysnaensis'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1983. It is known from South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country ...

'' Scoble, 1983 *''

Ectoedemia kowynensis ''Ectoedemia'' is a genus of moths in the family Nepticulidae. It consists of the subgenera ''Ectoedemia'', ''Etainia'', ''Fomoria'' and ''Zimmermannia''. This genus was established by August Busck in 1907. Species Note that some species hav ...

'' Scoble, 1983 *''

Ectoedemia krugerensis ''Ectoedemia krugerensis'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1983. It is known from South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost country ...

'' (Scoble, 1983) *'' Ectoedemia leptodictyae'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia limburgensis'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia lucidae'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia macrochaeta'' (Meyrick, 1921) *'' Ectoedemia malelanensis'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia maritima'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia mauni'' Scoble, 1979 *'' Ectoedemia myrtinaecola'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia nigricapitella'' (Janse, 1948) *'' Ectoedemia nigrimacula'' (Janse, 1948) *'' Ectoedemia nigrisquama'' Scoble, 1983 *''

Ectoedemia nylstroomensis ''Ectoedemia nylstroomensis'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Scoble in 1983. It is known from South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the Southern Africa, southernmost coun ...

'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia oleivora'' (Vári, 1955) *'' Ectoedemia pappeivora'' (Vári, 1963) *'' Ectoedemia portensis'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia primaria'' (Meyrick, 1913) *'' Ectoedemia psarodes'' (Vári, 1963) *'' Ectoedemia rhabdophora'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia royenicola'' (Vári, 1955) *'' Ectoedemia ruwenzoriensis'' (Bradley, 1965) *'' Ectoedemia scabridae'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia scobleella'' Minet, 2004 *'' Ectoedemia simiicola'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia stimulata'' (Meyrick, 1913) *'' Ectoedemia subnitescens'' (Meyrick, 1937) *'' Ectoedemia tecomariae'' (Vári, 1955) *'' Ectoedemia tersiusi'' Mey, 2004 *'' Ectoedemia thermae'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia uisebi'' Mey, 2004 *'' Ectoedemia umdoniella'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia undatae'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia vannifera'' (Meyrick, 1914) *'' Ectoedemia wilkinsoni'' Scoble, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia zimbabwiensis'' (Scoble, 1983)

Species found in Australia

*'' Ectoedemia hadronycha'' Hoare, 2000 *'' Ectoedemia pelops'' Hoare, 2000 *'' Ectoedemia squamibunda'' Hoare, 2000

Species found in the Indo-Malayan ecozone

*'' Ectoedemia festivitatis'' van Nieukerken, 2008 *'' Ectoedemia glycystrota'' (Meyrick, 1928) *'' Ectoedemia sporadopa'' (Meyrick, 1911)

Species found in North and South America

The following species are found in North America: *'' Ectoedemia acanthella'' Wilkinson & Newton, 1981 *'' Ectoedemia andrella'' Wilkinson, 1981 *'' Ectoedemia anguinella'' (Clemens, 1864) *'' Ectoedemia argyropeza'' (Zeller, 1839) *'' Ectoedemia canutus'' Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979 *'' Ectoedemia castaneae'' Busck, 1913 - American chestnut moth *'' Ectoedemia chlorantis'' Meyrick, 1908 *''

Ectoedemia clemensella ''Ectoedemia clemensella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Pennsylvania, Kentucky, Maryland, North Carolina, and Ohio. The wingspan is 4.5-5.2 mm. There are three generations per year. The larvae feed on ''Platanus oc ...

'' (Chambers, 1873) *'' Ectoedemia coruscella'' Wilkinson, 1981 *''

Ectoedemia grandisella ''Ectoedemia grandisella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Texas Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Loui ...

'' (Chambers, 1878) *'' Ectoedemia heinrichi'' Busck, 1914 *'' Ectoedemia helenella'' Wilkinson, 1981 *'' Ectoedemia hypericella'' (Braun, 1925) *'' Ectoedemia marmaropa'' (Braun, 1925) *'' Ectoedemia mesoloba'' Davis, 1978 *'' Ectoedemia minimella'' (Zetterstedt, 1839) *'' Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella'' (Chambers, 1880) *'' Ectoedemia obrutella'' (Zeller, 1873) *'' Ectoedemia ochrefasciella'' (Chambers, 1873) - hard maple budminer moth *'' Ectoedemia phleophaga'' Busck, 1914 - phleophagan chestnut moth *'' Ectoedemia piperella'' Wilkinson & Newton, 1981 *'' Ectoedemia platanella'' (Clemens, 1861) - sycamore leaf blotch miner *'' Ectoedemia platea'' (Clemens, 1861) *'' Ectoedemia populella'' Busck, 1907 *'' Ectoedemia pteliaeella'' (Chambers, 1880) *'' Ectoedemia quadrinotata'' (Braun, 1917) *'' Ectoedemia reneella'' Wilkinson, 1981 *'' Ectoedemia rubifoliella'' (Clemens, 1860) *'' Ectoedemia sericopeza'' (Zeller, 1839) *''

Ectoedemia similella ''Ectoedemia similella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found primarily in eastern North America. The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The larvae feed on ''Quercus palustris''. They mine Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to: E ...

'' (Braun, 1917) *'' Ectoedemia trinotata'' (Braun, 1914) *'' Ectoedemia ulmella'' (Braun, 1912) *'' Ectoedemia virgulae'' (Braun, 1927) *'' Ectoedemia weaveri'' (Stainton, 1855) The following species are found in South America, but not in North America: *'' Ectoedemia diskusi'' Puplesis & Robinson, 2000 *'' Ectoedemia fuscivittata'' Puplesis & Robinson, 2000 *'' Ectoedemia molybditis'' (Zeller, 1877) *'' Ectoedemia repanda'' Puplesis & Diškus, 2002 *'' Ectoedemia tabulosa'' Puplesis & Diškus, 2002

Species found in the Palearctic ecozone

The following species are found in Europe: *'' Ectoedemia aegaeica'' Z. & A. Lastuvka & Johansson, 1998 *'' Ectoedemia aegilopidella'' (Klimesch, 1978) *'' Ectoedemia agrimoniae'' (Frey, 1858) *'' Ectoedemia albibimaculella'' (Larsen, 1927) *'' Ectoedemia albifasciella'' (Heinemann, 1871) *''

Ectoedemia algeriensis ''Ectoedemia algeriensis'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Algeria, the Atlas mountains in Morocco and in southern France. The wingspan is 5-5.6 mm. Adults are on wing in June. There is probably one generation per year. ...

'' van Nieukerken, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia alnifoliae'' van Nieukerken, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia amani'' Svensson, 1966 *'' Ectoedemia andalusiae'' van Nieukerken, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia angulifasciella'' (Stainton, 1849) *'' Ectoedemia arcuatella'' (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855) *'' Ectoedemia argyropeza'' (Zeller, 1839) *'' Ectoedemia atricollis'' (Stainton, 1857) *'' Ectoedemia atrifrontella'' (Stainton, 1851) *'' Ectoedemia caradjai'' (Groschke, 1944) *'' Ectoedemia cerris'' (Zimmermann, 1944) *'' Ectoedemia contorta'' van Nieukerken, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia coscoja'' van Nieukerken, A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2009 *'' Ectoedemia decentella'' (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855) *'' Ectoedemia deschkai'' (Klimesch, 1978) *'' Ectoedemia empetrifolii'' A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2000 *'' Ectoedemia eriki'' A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2000 *'' Ectoedemia erythrogenella'' (de Joannis, 1908) *'' Ectoedemia euphorbiella'' (Stainton, 1869) *'' Ectoedemia gilvipennella'' (Klimesch, 1946) *'' Ectoedemia groschkei'' (Skala, 1943) *'' Ectoedemia hannoverella'' (Glitz, 1872) *'' Ectoedemia haraldi'' (Soffner, 1942) *'' Ectoedemia heckfordi'' van Nieukerken, A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2009 *'' Ectoedemia hendrikseni'' A.Lastuvka, Z. Lastuvka & van Nieukerken, 2009 *''

Ectoedemia heringella ''Ectoedemia heringella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Region, from southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy to Cyprus. It was first recorded from Great Britain in 2002. The wingspan is 4.4–6 ...

'' (Mariani, 1939) *'' Ectoedemia heringi'' (Toll, 1934) *'' Ectoedemia hexapetalae'' (Szocs, 1957) *'' Ectoedemia hispanica'' van Nieukerken, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia ilicis'' (Mendes, 1910) *'' Ectoedemia intimella'' (Zeller, 1848) *'' Ectoedemia jubae'' (Walsingham, 1908) *'' Ectoedemia klimeschi'' (Skala, 1933) *'' Ectoedemia leucothorax'' van Nieukerken, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia liebwerdella'' Zimmermann, 1940 *'' Ectoedemia liechtensteini'' (Zimmermann, 1944) *'' Ectoedemia liguricella'' Klimesch, 1953 *'' Ectoedemia longicaudella'' Klimesch, 1953 *''

Ectoedemia louisella ''Ectoedemia louisella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Great Britain to Ukraine, and from Denmark to Italy. The wingspan is 5–8 mm. There are two to three generations per year with adults on wing from April to May ...

'' (Sircom, 1849) *'' Ectoedemia luisae'' (Klimesch, 1978) *'' Ectoedemia mahalebella'' (Klimesch, 1936) *'' Ectoedemia minimella'' (Zetterstedt, 1839) *'' Ectoedemia monemvasiae'' van Nieukerken, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia nigrifasciata'' (Walsingham, 1908) *'' Ectoedemia obtusa'' (Puplesis & Diskus, 1996) *'' Ectoedemia occultella'' (Linnaeus, 1767) *'' Ectoedemia phaeolepis'' van Nieukerken, A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2009 *'' Ectoedemia phyllotomella'' (Klimesch, 1946) *'' Ectoedemia preisseckeri'' (Klimesch, 1941) *'' Ectoedemia pseudoilicis'' Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1998 *'' Ectoedemia pubescivora'' (Weber, 1937) *'' Ectoedemia quinquella'' (Bedell, 1848) *'' Ectoedemia reichli'' Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1998 *''

Ectoedemia rosae ''Ectoedemia rosae'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in France (Briançon area) and Norway (Vang). The wingspan is 4.5–4.7 mm for males and 5.0–5.2 mm for females. There is one generation per year. The larvae fee ...

'' Van Nieukerken, 2011 *'' Ectoedemia rubivora'' (Wocke, 1860) *'' Ectoedemia rufifrontella'' (Caradja, 1920) *'' Ectoedemia septembrella'' (Stainton, 1849) *'' Ectoedemia sericopeza'' (Zeller, 1839) *'' Ectoedemia similigena'' Puplesis, 1994 *''

Ectoedemia spinosella ''Ectoedemia spinosella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in southern Europe, reaching in the north to the southern part of Great Britain, the Netherlands, central Germany and Poland. It has also been recorded from the Crimea, t ...

'' (de Joannis, 1908) *'' Ectoedemia spiraeae'' Gregor & Povolny, 1983 *'' Ectoedemia subbimaculella'' (Haworth, 1828) *'' Ectoedemia suberis'' (Stainton, 1869) *'' Ectoedemia terebinthivora'' (Klimesch, 1975) *'' Ectoedemia turbidella'' (Zeller, 1848) *''

Ectoedemia variicapitella ''Ectoedemia variicapitella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands. The larvae feed on ''Hypericum canariense ''Hypericum canariense'' is a species of flowering plant in the family Hypericaceae known by t ...

'' (Chretien, 1908) *'' Ectoedemia vincamajorella'' (Hartig, 1964) *'' Ectoedemia viridissimella'' (Caradja, 1920) *'' Ectoedemia vivesi'' A.Lastuvka, Z. Lastuvka & van Nieukerken, 2009 *'' Ectoedemia weaveri'' (Stainton, 1855) The following species are found in the Palearctic ecozone, but not in Europe: *'' Ectoedemia admiranda'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia albida'' Puplesis, 1994 *'' Ectoedemia aligera'' Puplesis, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia arisi'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia asiatica'' Puplesis, 1988 *'' Ectoedemia biarmata'' (Puplesis, 1994) *''

Ectoedemia capesella ''Ectoedemia capesella'' is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Puplesis in 1985. It is known from the Russian Far East and Japan Japan is an island country in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean off the northeast c ...

'' (Puplesis, 1985) *'' Ectoedemia cerviparadisicola'' Sato, 2012 *'' Ectoedemia chasanella'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia christopheri'' Puplesis, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia degeeri'' van Nieukerken, 2008 *'' Ectoedemia ermolaevi'' Puplesis, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia flavimacula'' Puplesis & Diškus, 1996 *'' Ectoedemia hypericifolia'' (Kuroko, 1982) *'' Ectoedemia ingloria'' Puplesis, 1988 *'' Ectoedemia insignata'' Puplesis, 1988 *'' Ectoedemia insularis'' Puplesis, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia ivinskisi'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia lacrimulae'' Puplesis & Diškus, 1996 *'' Ectoedemia leptognathos'' Puplesis & Diškus, 1996 *'' Ectoedemia maculata'' Puplesis, 1987 *'' Ectoedemia nuristanica'' van Nieukerken, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia olvina'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia ornatella'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia ortiva'' Rocienė & Stonis, 2013 *'' Ectoedemia permira'' (Puplesis, 1984) *'' Ectoedemia peterseni'' (Puplesis, 1985) *'' Ectoedemia petrosa'' Puplesis, 1988 *'' Ectoedemia philipi'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia picturata'' Puplesis, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia pilosae'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia rosiphila'' Puplesis, 1992 *'' Ectoedemia sabina'' (Puplesis, 1985) *'' Ectoedemia scoblei'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia sinevi'' Puplesis, 1985 *'' Ectoedemia sivickisi'' Puplesis, 1984 *'' Ectoedemia tadshikiella'' Puplesis, 1988 *'' Ectoedemia tigrinella'' (Puplesis, 1985) *'' Ectoedemia trifasciata'' (Matsumura, 1931)

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References

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