Ectoedemia minimella

Ectoedemia minimella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. minimella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia minimella
(Zetterstedt, 1839)
Synonyms
  • Trifurcula minimella Zetterstedt, 1839
  • Nepticula viridicola Weber, 1937
  • Nepticula woolhopiella Stainton, 1887
  • Nepticula mediofasciella (auct.)

Ectoedemia minimella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found from Scandinavia and northern Russia to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Slovakia.

The wingspan is 5.1-6.6 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Betula nana, Betula pendula, Betula pubescens and Betula pubescens carpatica. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a short tortuous corridor, that widens into a blotch, often between two lateral veins. The frass is dispersed. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

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