Ectoedemia argyropeza

Ectoedemia argyropeza  is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is a widespread species, with a Holarctic distribution.

Description
The wingspan is 7 mm. The head is ochreous-yellow with a whitish collar. The antennal eyecaps are also whitish. Forewings dark fuscous ; a small costal spot before middle, and a larger dorsal spot before the tornus whitish ; outer half of cilia whitish. Hindwings grey.

Adults are on wing from May to June. It is a parthenogenetic species, with males being extremely rare.

The larvae feed on aspen (Populus tremula) and quaking aspen (Populus tremuloides (ssp. downesi)). They mine the leaves of their host plant.

Subspecies

 * Ectoedemia argyropeza argyropeza
 * Ectoedemia argyropeza downesi Wilkinson and Scoble, 1979 (North America)

Distribution
It is found in most of Europe, as well as North America. In Russia, it is found in St. Petersburg, Moscow, Kaluga, Tatarstan and Kaliningrad. It is also known from north-eastern China.