Ectoedemia phyllotomella
Appearance
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. phyllotomella
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Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia phyllotomella (Klimesch, 1946)
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Ectoedemia phyllotomella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Liguria and Lucania in northern Italy.
The wingspan is 4.6-5.2 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus cerris. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
[edit]- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- A Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering And Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), With Notes On Their Phylogeny