Ectoedemia terebinthivora

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Ectoedemia terebinthivora
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Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. terebinthivora
Binomial name
Ectoedemia terebinthivora
(Klimesch, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Trifurcula terebinthivoraKlimesch, 1975

Ectoedemia terebinthivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Greece (Ionian and Aegean islands) and Turkey (Anatolia).

The wingspan is 4.1-5.2 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July and from May to June. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Pistacia terebinthus . They mine the leaves of their host plant.