Ectoedemia aegilopidella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to mainland Greece and Rhodes.
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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. aegilopidella
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia aegilopidella (Klimesch, 1978)
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The wingspan is 3.8-4.2 mm. Adults are on wing in April. There is probably one generation per year.
The larvae feed on Quercus macrolepis. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
edit- bladmineerders.nl
- Fauna Europaea
- 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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