Ectoedemia leucothorax

Ectoedemia leucothorax
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. leucothorax
Binomial name
Ectoedemia leucothorax
van Nieukerken, 1985

Ectoedemia leucothorax is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from the Costa del Sol in Spain.

The wingspan is 5.2–6 mm. Adults are on wing from May to early July.

The host plant unknown, but most likely it consists of evergreen Quercus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.


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