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Ectoedemia canadensis

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nepticulidae

Scientific name
  
Ectoedemia canadensis

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ectoedemia

Rank
  
Species

Ectoedemia canadensis

Ectoedemia canadensis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is known only from the holotype (which is now lost), reared from mines on Alnus tenuifolia and collected at Rogers Pass in British Columbia, on 19 August 1915 by A. Braun. It probably occurs in adjacent Alberta as well.

The wingspan is about 5.5 mm.

References

Ectoedemia canadensis Wikipedia