Ectoedemia festivitatis

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Ectoedemia festivitatis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Subgenus: Ectoedemia (Fomoria)
Species:
E. festivitatis
Binomial name
Ectoedemia festivitatis
van Nieukerken, 2008

Ectoedemia festivitatis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Nepal, China (Yunnan) and northern Vietnam (Fan Si Pan). It is probably more widespread in south-eastern Asia. [1] The habitat consists of secondary or degraded forest or shrub vegetation in mountainous areas.

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Description

The wingspan is 4.0-6.6 mm. Adults are on wing in August, October and from January to March. There are two or more generations per year. [1]

Biology

The larvae feed on shrubby species of Hypericum species (St. John's worts), including Hypericum beanii , H. henryii, H. hookerianum, H. uralum, and possibly H. petiolulatum and H. oblongifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. [1]

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