Ectoedemia variicapitella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. variicapitella
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| Ectoedemia variicapitella (Chretien, 1908)
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The larvae feed on Hypericum canariense. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
External links
edit- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl Archived 2012-06-02 at the Wayback Machine
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