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Etainia albibimaculella

Synonyms: Ectoedemia albibimaculella; Nepticula albibimaculella (homotypic); Nepticula albimaculella; Stigmella albibimaculella; Trifurcula albibimaculella

Wikipedia Abstract

Ectoedemia albibimaculella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to Italy. The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender gallery that eventually enters a petiole, from where it enters a bud. The larva hibernates in the bud, that is eaten out in spring. Then the larva bores in a young shoot, sometimes diverting into a leaf that then is completely mined out. Pupation takes place in a dark yellow cocoon inside the mine.
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0