Ectoedemia nuristanica

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Ectoedemia nuristanica
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. nuristanica
Binomial name
Ectoedemia nuristanica
van Nieukerken, 1985

Ectoedemia nuristanica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Nuristan in eastern Afghanistan.

The wingspan is 6.4–7 mm. Adults have been caught in July.

It is thought that, unlike most other Nepticulidae species, the larvae mine the bark of their host, rather than the leaves. The host plant is unknown, but specimens were taken at light in mountains with extensive woods of Quercus baloot .


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