The wingspan is 9–10 mm. Adults were on wing during September.
Breedingedit
The larvae live in the lower layer of the bark of chestnut just above and encroaching upon the cambium. The mine is slender and serpentine, often doubling upon itself and broadening out to twice or more in width in early spring, when the larva reaches maturity. Full-grown larvae leave the bark and fall to the ground where they makes a closely woven, reddish brown cocoon amongst the rubbish, often boring down a few inches in the loose surface soil to find a suitable moist place on the underside of an old leaf or twig. The cocoon is oval and flattened,
Ecologyedit
It was regarded as an important factor in the spread of chestnut blight.
Referencesedit
^World Conservation Monitoring Centre. (2018) [amended version of 1996 assessment]. "Ectoedemia phleophaga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T7029A134978374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018.RLTS.T7029A134978374.en. Retrieved 11 October 2021.
^"NatureServe Explorer 2.0". explorer.natureserve.org. Retrieved 15 August 2023.
Sourcesedit
Nepticulidae of North America
World Conservation Monitoring Centre (2018). "Ectoedemia phleophaga". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2018: e.T7029A134978374. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2018.RLTS.T7029A134978374.en. Retrieved 17 November 2021.
phleophagan, chestnut, moth, phleophagan, chestnut, moth, ectoedemia, phleophaga, species, moth, family, nepticulidae, endemic, united, states, where, known, from, virginia, conservation, statusextinct, iucn, possibly, extinct, natureserve, scientific, classif. The phleophagan chestnut moth Ectoedemia phleophaga was a species of moth in the family Nepticulidae It was endemic to the United States where it was known from Virginia Phleophagan chestnut mothConservation statusExtinct IUCN 3 1 1 Possibly Extinct NatureServe 2 Scientific classificationDomain EukaryotaKingdom AnimaliaPhylum ArthropodaClass InsectaOrder LepidopteraFamily NepticulidaeGenus EctoedemiaSpecies E phleophagaBinomial name Ectoedemia phleophagaBusck 1914SynonymsZimmermannia phleophaga Contents 1 Description 2 Breeding 3 Ecology 4 References 5 SourcesDescription editThe wingspan is 9 10 mm Adults were on wing during September Breeding editThe larvae live in the lower layer of the bark of chestnut just above and encroaching upon the cambium The mine is slender and serpentine often doubling upon itself and broadening out to twice or more in width in early spring when the larva reaches maturity Full grown larvae leave the bark and fall to the ground where they makes a closely woven reddish brown cocoon amongst the rubbish often boring down a few inches in the loose surface soil to find a suitable moist place on the underside of an old leaf or twig The cocoon is oval and flattened Ecology editIt was regarded as an important factor in the spread of chestnut blight References edit World Conservation Monitoring Centre 2018 amended version of 1996 assessment Ectoedemia phleophaga IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018 e T7029A134978374 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2018 RLTS T7029A134978374 en Retrieved 11 October 2021 NatureServe Explorer 2 0 explorer natureserve org Retrieved 15 August 2023 Sources editNepticulidae of North America World Conservation Monitoring Centre 2018 Ectoedemia phleophaga IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2018 e T7029A134978374 doi 10 2305 IUCN UK 2018 RLTS T7029A134978374 en Retrieved 17 November 2021 nbsp This article on a moth of the family Nepticulidae is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Phleophagan chestnut moth amp oldid 1189645308, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
