Ectoedemia contorta

Ectoedemia contorta is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Spain, Italy and Greece.

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

The wingspan is 4.6-5.6 mm. Adults are on wing in autumn. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus pubescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine resembles that of Ectoedemia albifasciella.

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