Ectoedemia aegilopidella

Ectoedemia aegilopidella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to mainland Greece and Rhodes.

Ectoedemia aegilopidella
Male
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. aegilopidella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia aegilopidella (Klimesch, 1978)
Synonyms
Trifurcula aegilopidella Klimesch, 1978

The wingspan is 3.8-4.2 mm. Adults are on wing in April. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus macrolepis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

External links

• bladmineerders.nl
• Fauna Europaea
• 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