Ectoedemia rufifrontella

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Ectoedemia rufifrontella
Ectoedemia rufifrontella larva.JPG
3rd instar larva on Quercus pubescens
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. rufifrontella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia rufifrontella
(Caradja, 1920)
Synonyms
  • Trifurcula rufifrontellaCaradja, 1920
  • Nepticula nigrosparsellaKlimesch, 1940

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.