Ectoedemia phyllotomella
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Scientific classification 
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| 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
- 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