Ectoedemia similigena

Ectoedemia similigena is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from its type locality, Jalta botanical garden, on the Crimea (Ukraine). The species has not been found again, and it is possible that it is actually a species from somewhere in Central or Eastern Asia, introduced with plants.

Ectoedemia similigena
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. similigena
Binomial name
Ectoedemia similigena Puplesis, 1994

Adults are on in May.

The hostplant is unknown, but it is probably a Populus species.

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  Male genitalia
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  Female genitalia

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition