Ectoedemia heringi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found from southern Great Britain to Poland and further east to central Russia.
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| Ectoedemia heringi leafmine Austria | |
Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. heringi
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| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia heringi (Toll, 1934)
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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. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.
The name honours the German entomologist Erich Martin Hering.
External links
edit- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- Ectoedemia heringi images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life
- Ectoedemia heringi at UKMoths
- A Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering And Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), With Notes On Their Phylogeny
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