Ectoedemia quinquella

Ectoedemia quinquella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. quinquella
Binomial name
	Ectoedemia quinquella; (Bedell, 1848)
Synonyms
	Microsetia quinquella Bedell, 1848;

Ectoedemia quinquella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from Great Britain and France to Italy, Bulgaria and Greece.

The wingspan is 4.2-5.6 mm. Head dark fuscous.A ntennal eyecaps whitish. Forewings dark bronzy-fuscous;a transverse spot on costa before middle, a triangular spot on dorsum before tornus, and a discal spot at 3/4 shining silvery white. Hindwings rather dark grey. Adults are on wing in the second half of June and early July. There is one generation per year.[1]

The larvae feed on Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a strongly contorted corridor. There are often multiple mines in a single leaf. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

3rd instar larva on Quercus robur
Male genitalia
Female genitalia

References

Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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[1] Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.