- Ectoedemia albibimaculella
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Ectoedemia albibimaculella Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nepticulidae Genus: Ectoedemia Species: E. albibimaculella Binomial name Ectoedemia albibimaculella
(Larsen, 1927)Synonyms - Nepticula albibimaculella Larsen, 1927
Ectoedemia albibimaculella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to Italy.
The wingspan is 5–6 mm.
The larvae feed on Arctostaphylos uva-ursi. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a slender gallery that eventually enters a petiole, from where it enters a bud. The larva hibernates in the bud, that is eaten out in spring. Then the larva bores in a young shoot, sometimes diverting into a leaf that then is completely mined out. Pupation takes place in a dark yellow cocoon inside the mine.
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