Ectoedemia aegilopidella
Appearance
Ectoedemia aegilopidella | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. aegilopidella
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Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia aegilopidella (Klimesch, 1978)
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Ectoedemia aegilopidella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to mainland Greece and Rhodes.
The wingspan is 3.8-4.2 mm. Adults are on wing in April. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus macrolepis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
[edit]- bladmineerders.nl
- Fauna Europaea
- 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