- Ectoedemia pubescivora
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Ectoedemia pubescivora 
3rd instar larva on Quercus pubescens Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Arthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Lepidoptera Family: Nepticulidae Genus: Ectoedemia Species: E. pubescivora Binomial name Ectoedemia pubescivora
(Weber, 1937)Synonyms - Nepticula pubescivora Weber, 1937
Ectoedemia pubescivora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in southern France, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland, northern Italy, Sardinia and Sicily.
The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing from May to the first half of June. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus pubescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor, generally following a vein, that abruptly widens into a blotch.
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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