| Ectoedemia rufifrontella | |
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| 3rd instar larva on Quercus pubescens | |
| Scientific classification | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. rufifrontella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia rufifrontella (Caradja, 1920) | |
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Ectoedemia rufifrontella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to southern France, Italy and Greece.
The wingspan is 4.3-6.4 mm. Adults are on wing in mid June. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus pubescens and occasionally also on Quercus petraea . They mine the leaves of their host plant.