- Ectoedemia cerris
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Ectoedemia cerris Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nepticulidae Genus: Ectoedemia Species: E. cerris Binomial name Ectoedemia cerris
(Zimmermann, 1944)Synonyms - Nepticula cerris Zimmermann, 1944
- Nepticula montissancti Skala, 1948
Ectoedemia cerris is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Italy and Greece.
The wingspan is 5-5.3 mm. Adults are on wing in May. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus cerris. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow corridor, often running in the direction of the leaf margin. Then it either runs along a vein, or free, and then becomes contorted. The frass is concentrated in an interrupted central line. The corridor widens into a large blotch, where the frass is concentrated in the oldest part.
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- A Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering And Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), With Notes On Their Phylogeny
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