''Ectoedemia rosae'' is a
moth of the family
Nepticulidae. It is found in
France (Briançon area) and
Norway (Vang).
The
wingspan is 4.5–4.7 mm for males and 5.0–5.2 mm for females.
Ectoedemia rosae, a new species with disjunct distribution in the French Alps and Norway (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)
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The larvae feed on ''Rosa tomentosa
''Rosa tomentosa'', otherwise known as the harsh downy-rose, is a species of wild rose. It is a shrub growing to about . It is found in Asia Minor, the Caucasus (where it may not be native), and much of Europe: the British Isles, France, Central ...
'' and probably ''Rosa majalis
''Rosa majalis'' (syn. ''R. cinnamomea'' sensu L. 1759, non 1753; ''R. cinnamomea'' auct. non L.; cinnamon rose; double cinnamon rose) is a species of deciduous shrubs in the genus ''Rosa'', native to forests of Europe and Siberia. It grows to 2 ...
''. They mine
Mine, mines, miners or mining may refer to:
Extraction or digging
* Miner, a person engaged in mining or digging
*Mining, extraction of mineral resources from the ground through a mine
Grammar
*Mine, a first-person English possessive pronoun
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the leaves of their host plant.
Etymology
The species is named after the host plant genus.
References
Moths described in 2011
Nepticulidae
Moths of Europe
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