Ectoedemia eriki

Ectoedemia eriki
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. eriki
Binomial name
Ectoedemia eriki
A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2000

Ectoedemia eriki is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is found in Macedonia and mainland Greece.

The larvae feed on Hypericum olympicum and Hypericum perfoliatum. They mine the leaves of their host plant. The mine consists of a narrow, tortuous corridor, widening into a large blotch with a central concentration of frass.

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