Ectoedemia gilvipennella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from the Czech Republic and Slovakia to Italy and Greece.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. gilvipennella
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia gilvipennella (Klimesch, 1946)
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The wingspan is 4.4-5.4 mm. Adults are on wing from April to June. There is one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus cerris and Quercus trojana. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a gradually widening corridor, strongly contorted and crumpled into a small surface. The frass is brown and dispersed and almost fills the corridor.
External links edit
- 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
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