Ectoedemia hendrikseni

Ectoedemia hendrikseni is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from a small area in the Provence region in southern France (the Estérel Massif in the Alpes-Maritimes and Var).

Ectoedemia hendrikseni
Male and male hindwing
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E. hendrikseni
Binomial name
Ectoedemia hendrikseni
A.Lastuvka, Z. Lastuvka & van Nieukerken, 2009

The wingspan is 6-6.8 mm. Adults are on wing from May to June. An individual record in October may represent a (partial) second generation or a late emerging specimen.

The larvae have been reared on Quercus suber. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow, partly contorted gallery in the first half changes suddenly in a large blotch mine with two lateral bands of frass.


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