Ectoedemia empetrifolii
Ectoedemia empetrifolii is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Greece (Peloponnesus).
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| Ectoedemia empetrifolii A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2000 | |
The larvae feed on Hypericum empetrifolium. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow corridor, generally along the leaf margin, widening into a blotch that occupies almost the complete leaf. The frass is concentrated in the basal part of the blotch.
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