Ectoedemia leucothorax | |
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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 hostplant unknown, but most likely it consists of evergreen Quercus. They mine the leaves of their host plant.