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Ectoedemia festivitatis

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Ectoedemia festivitatis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Subgenus: Ectoedemia (Fomoria)
Species:
E. festivitatis
Binomial name
Ectoedemia festivitatis
van Nieukerken, 2008

Ectoedemia festivitatis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Nepal, China (Yunnan) and northern Vietnam (Fan Si Pan). It is probably more widespread in south-eastern Asia.[1] The habitat consists of secondary or degraded forest or shrub vegetation in mountainous areas.

Description

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The wingspan is 4.0-6.6 mm. Adults are on wing in August, October and from January to March. There are two or more generations per year.[1]

Biology

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The larvae feed on shrubby species of Hypericum species (St. John's worts), including Hypericum beanii, H. henryii, H. hookerianum, H. uralum, and possibly H. petiolulatum and H. oblongifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]

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