Ectoedemia rubivora

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Ectoedemia rubivora
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E. rubivora
Binomial name
Ectoedemia rubivora
(Wocke, 1860)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula rubivora Wocke, 1860

Ectoedemia rubivora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Fennoscandia to the Pyrenees, Italy and Serbia, and from Ireland to central Russia and Ukraine.

Damage

The wingspan is 4.6–6 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Rubus arcticus, Rubus caesius, Rubus chamaemorus, Rubus fruticosus and Rubus saxatilis. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a highly contorted gallery, strongly widening towards the end. The frass in the second half of the gallery is dispersed. The larve mines venter upwards. There are several mines in a single leaf most of the time.

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