Ectoedemia phaeolepis
| Ectoedemia phaeolepis | |
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| Male and male hindwing | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. phaeolepis
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia phaeolepis van Nieukerken, A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2009
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Ectoedemia phaeolepis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.
The wingspan is 5.4–6 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to early August.
The larvae feed on Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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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
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