Ectoedemia haraldi

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Ectoedemia haraldi
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. haraldi
Binomial name
Ectoedemia haraldi
(Soffner, 1942)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula haraldiSoffner, 1942
  • Stigmella prinophyllellaLe Marchand, 1946

Ectoedemia haraldi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Region from the Iberian Peninsula and southern France to Greece. It is also found on Corsica and Crete.

The wingspan is 5.8-7.1 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera , Quercus ilex , Quercus ilex rotundifolia and Quercus suber . They mine the leaves of their host plant.