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Ectoedemia liguricella

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Kingdom
  
Animalia

Class
  
Insecta

Family
  
Nepticulidae

Scientific name
  
Ectoedemia liguricella

Phylum
  
Arthropoda

Order
  
Lepidoptera

Genus
  
Ectoedemia

Rank
  
Species

Ectoedemia liguricella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in the western part of the Mediterranean region, where it is known from the Italian Riviera, France, Spain and Morocco. It occurs from sea-level to high elevations in the mountains

The wingspan is 7.6–9 mm. Adults have been caught from May to September.

It is thought that, unlike most other Nepticulidae species, the larvae mine the bark of their host, rather than the leaves. The host plant is unknown, but they might feed on Quercus species, since it has often been collected amongst those trees. In one of the localities near Marbella, bark mines on Quercus coccifera were recorded, which could belong to this species.

References

Ectoedemia liguricella Wikipedia