Ectoedemia contorta | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
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 .