Ectoedemia heringella

Ectoedemia heringella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Region, from southern France, Corsica, Sardinia, and Italy to Cyprus. It was first recorded from Great Britain in 2002.

Ectoedemia heringella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. heringella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia heringella
(Mariani, 1939)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula heringella Mariani, 1939

The wingspan is 4.4–6 mm. Adults are on wing from late April to the end of June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus alnifolia and Quercus ilex. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a strongly contorted gallery, almost entirely filled with black frass. There are often many mines in a single leaf.


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