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Ectoedemia andalusiae

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Ectoedemia andalusiae
Male and male hindwing
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. andalusiae
Binomial name
Ectoedemia andalusiae
van Nieukerken, 1985

Ectoedemia andalusiae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula, as well as in France.

The wingspan is 5.4-6.9 mm. Adults have been collected in June, July and September.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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