Ectoedemia coscoja
Appearance
Ectoedemia coscoja | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. coscoja
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Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia coscoja van Nieukerken, A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2009
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Ectoedemia coscoja is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to Spain (Catalunya, Aragon, Andalusia).
The wingspan is 4.3-5.1 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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Genitalia, male (left), female (right)
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Male genitalia
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Female genitalia
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Leafmine
External links
[edit]- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition