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Ectoedemia alnifoliae

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Ectoedemia alnifoliae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. alnifoliae
Binomial name
Ectoedemia alnifoliae
van Nieukerken, 1985

Ectoedemia alnifoliae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Troödos mountains on Cyprus, Greece (Samos) and southern Turkey.

The wingspan is about 6.6 mm. Adults are on wing in April. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus alnifolia and Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow, much contorted, corridor that widens into a large blotch against the leaf margin.

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