Ectoedemia heringi

Ectoedemia heringi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from southern Great Britain and Ireland to Poland and further east to central Russia.

Ectoedemia heringi
Ectoedemia heringi leafmine Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. heringi
Binomial name
Ectoedemia heringi (Toll, 1934)
Synonyms
Nepticula heringi Toll, 1934 Nepticula quercifoliae Toll, 1943 Nepticula sativella Klimesch, 1936 Nepticula zimmermanni Hering, 1942

The wingspan is 4.2-5.3 mm. ^[1] Differentiated from the slightly smaller Ectoedemia subbimaculella by the darker head and the ductus spermathecae in the female. ^[2][3]

Adults are on wing in May in the south and in June and July more in the north. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Castanea sativa, Quercus faginea, Quercus macrolepis, Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

The name honours the German entomologist Erich Martin Hering.