Ectoedemia haraldi

Ectoedemia haraldi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the Mediterranean Region from the Iberian Peninsula and southern France to Greece. It is also found on Corsica and Crete.

Ectoedemia haraldi
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. haraldi
Binomial name
Ectoedemia haraldi (Soffner, 1942)
Synonyms
Nepticula haraldi Soffner, 1942 Stigmella prinophyllella Le Marchand, 1946

The wingspan is 5.8-7.1 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June. There is 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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  Mine and larvae on Quercus coccifera
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  Male genitalia
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  Female genitalia
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  Female terminal abdominal segment

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