Ectoedemia empetrifolii

Ectoedemia empetrifolii is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Greece (Peloponnesus).

Ectoedemia empetrifolii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. empetrifolii
Binomial name
Ectoedemia empetrifolii
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2000

The larvae feed on Hypericum empetrifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow corridor, generally along the leaf margin, widening into a blotch that occupies almost the complete leaf. The frass is concentrated in the basal part of the blotch.


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