Ectoedemia viridissimella
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. viridissimella
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Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia viridissimella (Caradja, 1920)
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Ectoedemia viridissimella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Poland, the Czech Republic, Austria and Italy.
The wingspan is 5.2–5.4 mm. Adults are on wing in May. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Peucedanum cervaria. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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