Ectoedemia sericopeza

Ectoedemia sericopeza, the Norway maple seedminer, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae, found in Europe and North America. It was described by the German entomologist, Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1839.

Ectoedemia sericopeza
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. sericopeza
Binomial name
Ectoedemia sericopeza (Zeller, 1839)
Synonyms
List Lyonetia sericopeza Zeller, 1839 Nepticula acerella Goureau, 1860 Tinea maryella Duponchel, 1843 Oecophora sericopezella Duponchel, 1843

Description

The wingspan is 6–9 mm. Edward Meyrick gives this description: Head ferruginous-orange, collar ochreous-whitish. Antennal eyecaps ochreous-whitish. Forewings blackish; a basal spot, a bent fascia before middle, a tornal spot, and opposite costal spot yellow-whitish. Hindwings grey.^[1] The moths fly in May and August.^[2]

The larvae feed on Norway maple (Acer platanoides).^[3]

Distribution

It is found from Fennoscandinavia to the Pyrenees, Italy, and Greece and from Great Britain to Russia and Ukraine. It is also present in North America, where it has been recorded from Delaware, Massachusetts, Ontario and Quebec.