Ectoedemia aegaeica
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. aegaeica
Binomial name
Ectoedemia aegaeica
Z. & A. Lastuvka & Johansson, 1998

Ectoedemia aegaeica is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to mainland Greece and Rhodes.

The larvae feed on Vitex agnus-castus. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine strongly resembles that of Ectoedeia groschkei, but is somewhat smaller.


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