Ectoedemia cerviparadisicola

Ectoedemia cerviparadisicola is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in central Japan.[1]

Ectoedemia cerviparadisicola
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. cerviparadisicola
Binomial name
Ectoedemia cerviparadisicola
Sato, 2012

The larvae feed on Quercus gilva. They probably mine the leaves of their host plant.

References
  1. "Nepticulidae (Lepidoptera) of East Asia (2). Study of a collection sample deposited at the Russian Academy of Sciences, with descriptions of new species and a checklist". Zootaxa.
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