Ectoedemia turbidella
Ectoedemia turbidella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae and is found in most of Europe. The larva mine the leaves of poplar trees and was first described by the German entomologist Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1848. Description
The wingspan is 6–7 mm. The wing ground colour is grey There are creamy white forewing patches and the head has an orange or yellowish tuft and whitish eyecaps. Adults are on wing from May to June. The egg is laid on the petiole, about one cm below the base of the leaf of silver poplar (Populus alba) or grey poplar (Populus × canescens); often one on each side. They mine the leaves, first feeding in the distal part of the petiole, resulting in a local swelling, approximately 10–15 mm long and twice the normal thickness. When the larva reaches the leaf it makes an elongate triangular blotch between the leaf margin and the first side vein, or sometimes between midrib and side vein. The frass is concentrated in two bands that run parallel to the sides of the mine. The larvae mainly feed at night. Pupation takes place outside the mine. Distribution
It is found in most of Europe (except Ireland, Greece and the Mediterranean islands), east to the Volga and Ural regions of Russia. Gallery

References

External links
 Nepticulidae from the Volga and Ural region
 A Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering And Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), With Notes On Their Phylogeny

Nepticulidae
Galls
Leaf miners
Moths described in 1848
Moths of Europe
Taxa named by Philipp Christoph Zeller