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Norway Maple Seedminer Moth
Etainia sericopeza
Ectoedemia sericopeza, the Norway maple seedminer, is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. 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.
From the article Ectoedemia sericopeza on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
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. The moths fly in May and August. The larvae feed on Norway maple (Acer platanoides).
Range & habitat
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.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 560490.