Ectoedemia coscoja

Ectoedemia coscoja is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to Spain (Catalunya, Aragon, Andalusia).

Ectoedemia coscoja
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. coscoja
Binomial name
Ectoedemia coscoja van Nieukerken, A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2009

The wingspan is 4.3-5.1 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July. There is probably one generation per year.

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

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  Genitalia, male (left), female (right)
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  Male genitalia
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  Female genitalia
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  Leafmine

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• bladmineerders.nl
• Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition