Phleophagan chestnut moth

Phleophagan chestnut moth
Conservation status
Extinct  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	†E. phleophaga
Binomial name
†Ectoedemia phleophaga Busck, 1914

The phleophagan chestnut moth (Ectoedemia phleophaga) was a species of moth in the Nepticulidae family. It was endemic to the United States, where it was known from Virginia.

The wingspan is 9–10 mm. Adults were on wing during September.

References

• "Nepticulidae of North America". Archived from the original on 5 December 2012. Retrieved 30 September 2010.
• World Conservation Monitoring Centre 1996. "Ectodemia phleophaga". Archived from the original on 23 January 2008. Retrieved 31 July 2007.. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 31 July 2007.