Ectoedemia sporadopa

Ectoedemia sporadopa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Edward Meyrick in 1911. It is known from Sri Lanka.[1]

Ectoedemia sporadopa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Ectoedemia
Species:
E. sporadopa
Binomial name
Ectoedemia sporadopa
(Meyrick, 1911)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula sporadopa Meyrick, 1911

This species has a wingspan of 5 mm. The forewings are whitish ochreous, sprinkled with dark fuscous.[2]

References
  1. Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the World
  2. Meyrick, E. (1911). "Descriptions of Indian Micro-Lepidoptera. Part XIV". Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society. 21: 104-131.


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