Ectoedemia louisella

Ectoedemia louisella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Great Britain to Ukraine, and from Denmark to Italy.^[1]

Ectoedemia louisella
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Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. louisella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia louisella (Sircom, 1849)
Synonyms
Nepticula louisella Sircom, 1849 Nepticula sphendamni Hering, 1957

The wingspan is 5–8 mm. There are two to three generations per year with adults on wing from April to May and from July to October.

Mined Acer campestre

The larvae feed on Tatar maple (Acer tataricum) and field maple (Acer campestre) mining in the seeds (samaras).^[2][3]