Ectoedemia aegaeica

Ectoedemia aegaeica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to mainland Greece and Rhodes.

Ectoedemia aegaeica
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E. aegaeica
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Ectoedemia aegaeica
Z. & A. Lastuvka & Johansson, 1998

The larvae feed on Vitex agnus-castus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine strongly resembles that of Ectoedeia groschkei, but is somewhat smaller.


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