Ectoedemia Heringella
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''Ectoedemia heringella'' is a
moth Moths are a group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not Butterfly, butterflies. They were previously classified as suborder Heterocera, but the group is Paraphyly, paraphyletic with respect to butterflies (s ...
of the family
Nepticulidae Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes (see also Opostegidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, inc ...
. It is found in the Mediterranean Region, from southern
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to
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. It was first recorded from
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in 2002. The
wingspan The wingspan (or just span) of a bird or an airplane is the distance from one wingtip to the opposite wingtip. For example, the Boeing 777–200 has a wingspan of , and a wandering albatross (''Diomedea exulans'') caught in 1965 had a wingsp ...
is 4.4–6 mm. The forewing usually has white scales along the costa, opposite the dorsal spot, but not forming a distinct spot. In males the hindwing upperside and forewing underside have an elongate patch of brown androconial scales. > Zagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): ''Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR'', Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987 Adults are on wing from late April to the end of June. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on ''
Quercus alnifolia ''Quercus alnifolia'', commonly known as the golden oak, is an evergreen oak species of Cyprus. Its common English name refers to the golden coloured lower surface of its leaves. ''Quercus alnifolia'' belongs to the endemic flora of the island a ...
'' and ''
Quercus ilex ''Quercus ilex'', the holly oak, also (ambiguously, as many oaks are evergreen) evergreen oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the section (botany), section ''List of Quercus species#Section Ilex, Il ...
''. They
mine the leaves A leaf miner is any one of numerous species of insects in which the larval stage lives in, and eats, the leaf tissue of plants. The vast majority of leaf-mining insects are moths (Lepidoptera), sawflies (Symphyta, a paraphyletic group which ...
of their host plant. File:Ectoedemia_heringella_mines_and_larvae_on_Quercus_ilex.JPG, Mines and larvae on ''Quercus ilex'' File:Ectoedemia_heringella_male_genitalia.JPG, Male genitalia File:Ectoedemia_heringella_female_genitalia.JPG, Female genitalia File:Ectoedemia_heringella_female_terminal_abdominal_segment.JPG, Female terminal abdominal segment


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Fauna EuropaeaA Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering And Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), With Notes On Their Phylogeny
Ectodemia Moths of Europe Moths described in 1939 {{Ectoedemia-stub