Ectoedemia phyllotomella

Ectoedemia phyllotomella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Liguria and Lucania in northern Italy.

Ectoedemia phyllotomella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. phyllotomella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia phyllotomella (Klimesch, 1946)
Synonyms
Stigmella phyllotomella Klimesch, 1946

The wingspan is 4.6-5.2 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus cerris. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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