Ectoedemia heringi

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Ectoedemia heringi
Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) heringi-Salzburg, Flachgau, Kasern-E-MK-3-34a.jpg
Ectoedemia heringi leafmine Austria
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. heringi
Binomial name
Ectoedemia heringi
(Toll, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula heringiToll, 1934
  • Nepticula quercifoliaeToll, 1943
  • Nepticula sativellaKlimesch, 1936
  • Nepticula zimmermanniHering, 1942

Ectoedemia heringi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from southern Great Britain to Poland and further east to central Russia.

The wingspan is 4.2-5.3 mm. Adults are on wing in May in the south and in June and July more in the north. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Castanea sativa , Quercus faginea , Quercus macrolepis , Quercus petraea , Quercus pubescens and Quercus robur . They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

The name honours the German entomologist Erich Martin Hering.


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