Ectoedemia andalusiae

Ectoedemia andalusiae
male and male hindwing
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. andalusiae
Binomial name
Ectoedemia andalusiae
van Nieukerken, 1985

Ectoedemia andalusiae is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found on the Iberian Peninsula, as well as in France.

The wingspan is 5.4-6.9 mm. Adults have been collected in June, July and September.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow corridor, filled with frass, that widens into a large, oval, upper-surface blotch with frass concentrated in its basal part and along the sides.

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