Ectoedemia terebinthivora

Ectoedemia terebinthivora
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. terebinthivora
Binomial name
Ectoedemia terebinthivora
(Klimesch, 1975)
Synonyms
  • Trifurcula terebinthivora Klimesch, 1975

Ectoedemia terebinthivora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from Greece (Ionian and Aegean Islands) and Turkey (Anatolia).

The wingspan is 4.1-5.2 mm. Adults are on wing from June to July and from May to June. There are probably two generations per year.

The larvae feed on Pistacia terebinthus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a strongly contorted gallery with a narrow line of brown frass. Later, the mine widens into an elongate, irregular blotch with dispersed brown frass.

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