Ectoedemia algeriensis

Ectoedemia algeriensis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Algeria, the Atlas mountains in Morocco and in southern France.

Ectoedemia algeriensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. algeriensis
Binomial name
Ectoedemia algeriensis van Nieukerken, 1985

The wingspan is 5-5.6 mm. Adults are on wing in June. There is probably one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera, Quercus ilex, Quercus ilex rotundifolia and Quercus suber. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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  Male genitalia
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  Female genitalia

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