Ectoedemia decentella

Ectoedemia decentella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae found in Europe. It was described in 1855, by the German entomologist and physician, Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer.

Ectoedemia decentella
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. decentella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia decentella (Herrich-Schaffer, 1855)[1]
Synonyms
Nepticula decentella Herrich-Schaffer, 1855 Nepticula monspessulanella Jackh, 1951

Description

The wingspan is 5–81 mm. There are two generations per year, with adults on wing in June and again in August.^[2]

The larvae feed on field maple (Acer campestre), Montpellier maple (Acer monspessulanum), Acer obtusatum, sycamore (Acer pseudoplatanus) and Cretan maple ((Acer sempervirens). Pupation takes place outside of the mine.^[3]

Distribution

It is found from Sweden to the Iberian Peninsula, the Alps and Greece, and from Great Britain to Ukraine.^[1]