Ectoedemia liechtensteini

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Ectoedemia liechtensteini
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. liechtensteini
Binomial name
Ectoedemia liechtensteini
(Zimmermann, 1944)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula liechtensteiniZimmermann, 1944

Ectoedemia liechtensteini is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Austria and Serbia.

The wingspan is 4.4-5.2 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus cerris . They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine is identical to that of Ectoedemia heringi .