Ectoedemia ilicis

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Ectoedemia ilicis
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. ilicis
Binomial name
Ectoedemia ilicis
(Mendes, 1910)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula ilicisMendes, 1910

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.