Ectoedemia ilicis | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. ilicis |
Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia ilicis (Mendes, 1910) | |
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Ectoedemia ilicis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the western Mediterranean Region, in southern France and the Iberian Peninsula.
The wingspan is 5.1-7.2 mm. Adults are on wing from March to the end of 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.