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Ectoedemia cerris

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Ectoedemia cerris
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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 family Nepticulidae. 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.

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