The occultella group

95. Ectoedemia occultella (Linnaeus, 1767)

Phalaena (Tinea) occultella Linnaeus, 1767: 899 . Tinea mediofasciella Haworth, 1828: 584 .

Nepticula lindquisti Freeman, 1962: 522, 523.

Host-plants. Betula spp. (incl. B. alleghaniensis Britton, B. nana L., B. papyrifera Marshall, B. pendula Roth, B. pubescens Ehrh.), occasionally Salix pentandra L.

Distribution. Widespread in Europe; known from the Russian Far East (Sakhalin), Japan, and North America (Canada: Ontario and USA: Maine).