Ectoedemia heringi

Ectoedemia heringi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from southern Great Britain to Poland and further east to central Russia.

Ectoedemia heringi
Ectoedemia heringi leafmine Austria
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Nepticulidae
Genus:
Ectoedemia
Species:
E. heringi
Binomial name
Ectoedemia heringi
(Toll, 1934)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula heringi Toll, 1934
  • Nepticula quercifoliae Toll, 1943
  • Nepticula sativella Klimesch, 1936
  • Nepticula zimmermanni Hering, 1942

The wingspan is 4.2-5.3 mm. Adults are on wing in May in the south and in June and July more in the north. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Castanea sativa, Quercus faginea, Quercus macrolepis, Quercus petraea, Quercus pubescens and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow corridor with a broad frass line, running along a vein. Normally, the corridor runs along the midrib. It may also run along a lateral vein, in which case the direction usually is towards the midrib. The corridor widens into a blotch laying against the midrib. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

The name honours the German entomologist Erich Martin Hering.


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