Ectoedemia pseudoilicis

Ectoedemia pseudoilicis is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widespread in mainland Greece and also present on Crete and in Turkey.

Ectoedemia pseudoilicis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. pseudoilicis
Binomial name
Ectoedemia pseudoilicis Z. & A. Lastuvka, 1998

The wingspan is 3.8-5.9 mm. Adults are on wing from April to July. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Quercus coccifera. They mine the leaves of their host plant. In Greece, almost always occurring together with Ectoedemia haraldi.

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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
• Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition