Ectoedemia terebinthivora

Ectoedemia terebinthivora is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Greece (Ionian and Aegean islands) and Turkey (Anatolia).

Ectoedemia terebinthivora
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. terebinthivora
Binomial name
Ectoedemia terebinthivora (Klimesch, 1975)
Synonyms
Trifurcula terebinthivora Klimesch, 1975

The wingspan is 4.1-5.2 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July and from May to June. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Pistacia terebinthus. 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