Ectoedemia macrochaeta

Ectoedemia macrochaeta is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1921. It is known from South Africa (it was described from Pretoria).[1]

Ectoedemia macrochaeta
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. macrochaeta
Binomial name
Ectoedemia macrochaeta
(Meyrick, 1921)

The larvae feed on Diospyros lycioides guerkei.

References

  1. "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the World". Archived from the original on 2012-08-04. Retrieved 2010-12-22.


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