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Ectoedemia aegaeica

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nepticulidae

Scientific name
  
Ectoedemia aegaeica

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ectoedemia

Rank
  
Species

Ectoedemia aegaeica is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is endemic to mainland Greece and Rhodes.

The larvae feed on Vitex agnus-castus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine strongly resembles that of Ectoedeia groschkei, but is somewhat smaller.

References

Ectoedemia aegaeica Wikipedia