Ectoedemia contorta

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Ectoedemia contorta
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. contorta
Binomial name
Ectoedemia contorta
van Nieukerken, 1985

Ectoedemia contorta is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Spain, Italy and Greece.

The wingspan is 4.6-5.6 mm. Adults are on wing in autumn. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus pubescens . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine resembles that of Ectoedemia albifasciella .