Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) turbidella (Zeller)

van Nieukerken, Erik, Laštůvka, Aleš & Laštůvka, Zdeněk, 2010, Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition, ZooKeys 32 (32), pp. 1-82 : 23

Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) turbidella (Zeller)

Figs 21–23, 27–28

Diagnosis. Externally E. turbidella cannot be distinguished from E. albida or E. similigena , although these two are generally paler. Th e male genitalia are characterised by the short demarcated valval tip, the relatively longer aedeagus (1.22–1.27 × capsule length) and triangular gnathos (Figs 21–23). Female genitalia have prominent widened posterior apophyses, reaching beyond anterior ones and very short and narrow signa (5–6 cells wide, 2.7–5.1 × as long as wide) (Figs 27–28). For differences from hannoverella see diagnosis of that species (Van Nieukerken 1985).

Biology. Hostplants: Populus alba L. and P. canescens (Aiton.) Sm. , never on saplings. Univoltine, larvae from September to November, adults fly from April to June.

Distribution. Finland: Mutanen et al. 2001; Estonia: Jürivete et al. 2000; Latvia: Šulcs and Šulcs 1984; Lithuania: Diškus 2003; Belarus: Merzheevskaja et al. 1976; Bulgaria: Chorbadziev 1915 [overlooked in 1985]; Russia: Jürivete et al. 2000; Van Nieukerken et al. 2004b. Iran to be removed (see E. albida ).