Ectoedemia caradjai

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Ectoedemia caradjai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. caradjai
Binomial name
Ectoedemia caradjai
(Groschke, 1944)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula caradjaiGroschke, 1944

Ectoedemia caradjai is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in southern and central Europe, north to Austria, southern Moravia in the Czech Republic and Ukraine. It has also been recorded from Moldova. It was first recorded from Devonshire in Great Britain in 2004.

The wingspan is 4.2-5.3 mm for males and 5.2-5.8 mm for females.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera , Quercus frainetto , Quercus macrolepis , Quercus petraea , Quercus pubescens , Quercus pyrenaica and Quercus robur . They mine the leaves of their host plant.


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