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The balsam poplar petiole miner (Ectoedemia canutus) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America.
| Ectoedemia canutus | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. canutus
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia canutus Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979
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The larvae have been recorded on Populus sect. Tacamahaca, wherein they form galls on the petioles of its leaves.[1]
References
edit- ^ Wilkinson, Christopher (1 January 1988). "Character analyses for discrimination and affinity recognition of the North American Microlepidoptera in the genus Ectoedemia Busck (Nepticulidae: Lepidoptera)". Beaufortia. 37 (7): 121–154. ISSN 0067-4745.
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