Ectoedemia cerris
Ectoedemia cerris is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Italy and Greece.
| Ectoedemia cerris | |
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| Scientific classification | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. cerris |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia cerris (Zimmermann, 1944) | |
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The wingspan is 5–5.3 mm. Adults are on wing in May. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus cerris. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- A Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering And Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), With Notes On Their Phylogeny
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