The balsam poplar petiole miner (Ectoedemia canutus) is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in North America.

Ectoedemia canutus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. canutus
Binomial name
Ectoedemia canutus
Wilkinson & Scoble, 1979

The larvae have been recorded on Populus sect. Tacamahaca, wherein they form galls on the petioles of its leaves.[1]

References

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  1. ^ 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.