Ectoedemia rosiphila

Ectoedemia rosiphila is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It was described by Rimantas Puplesis in 1990.[1] It is known from Kazakhstan and Tadzhikistan.[2][3]

Ectoedemia rosiphila
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E. rosiphila
Binomial name
Ectoedemia rosiphila
Puplesis, 1992

The larvae feed on Rosa fedtschenkoana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

References

  1. Markku Savela (2010-10-06). "Ectoedemia Busck, 1907". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  2. Rank:  Species. "Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world". Nepticuloidea.info. Retrieved 2011-12-16.
  3. Ectoedemia rosae, a new species with disjunct distribution in the French Alps and Norway (Lepidoptera: Nepticulidae)


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