Ectoedemia, Busck, 1907

van Nieukerken, Erik, Laštůvka, Aleš & Laštůvka, Zdeněk, 2010, Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition, ZooKeys 32 (32), pp. 1-82 : 19

Subgenus Ectoedemia

Diagnosis. Moderately sized Nepticulidae , usually with a distinct cilia line and pale cilia, and pale (dull white or metallic) fascia or separate spots; scaling rather coarse. Male abdominal tip usually with conspicuous anal tufts. In Europe other Ectoedemia subgenera that resemble these species are Etainia Beirne, 1945 , which all have a fascia in addition to a dorsal and costal spot and Fomoria Beirne, 1945, which usually have a dorsal spot only (also in Ectoedemia intimella , but that has a pale antenna), and when a costal spot is present as well, both spots are far apart. Th e few species without colour pattern may be confused with Bohemannia pulverosella (Stainton, 1849) or Trifurcula , see generic diagnosis.