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Ectoedemia pubescivora

Synonyms: Nepticula pubescivora (homotypic); Stigmella pubescivora; Trifurcula pubescivora

Wikipedia Abstract

Ectoedemia pubescivora is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in southern France, the Iberian Peninsula, Switzerland, northern Italy, Sardinia and Sicily. The wingspan is 5–6 mm. Adults are on wing from May to the first half of June. There is one generation per year. The larvae feed on Quercus pubescens. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a corridor, generally following a vein, that abruptly widens into a blotch.
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Prey / Diet

Quercus pubescens (Downy Oak)[1]

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Attributes / relations provided by
1HOSTS - a Database of the World's Lepidopteran Hostplants Gaden S. Robinson, Phillip R. Ackery, Ian J. Kitching, George W. Beccaloni AND Luis M. Hernández
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0