Ectoedemia phaeolepis

Ectoedemia phaeolepis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Iberian Peninsula.

Ectoedemia phaeolepis
Male and male hindwing
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. phaeolepis
Binomial name
Ectoedemia phaeolepis van Nieukerken, A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2009

The wingspan is 5.4–6 mm. Adults are on wing from late May to early August.

The larvae feed on Quercus ilex and Quercus rotundifolia. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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  Male genitalia
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  Male genitalia
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  Female genitalia
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  Female genitalia
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  Female terminal abdominal segment
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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