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Ectoedemia albifasciella

Family: Nepticulidae

37     *     Ectoedemia albifasciella

Adult: May 2011
Leaf mine on Turkey Oak, Quercus cerris. September 2011

Wingspan: 5-6mm

Flight time: June
Food plant: Oak (Quercus spp.)

Mine: August-October
Egg laid on upper surface of leaf. Narrow gallery follows vein or mid-rib to a squarish blotch with frass gathered at one end


Ectoedemia albifasciella


Ectoedemia albifasciella, leaf mine


Ectoedemia albifasciella, leaf mine

Ectoedemia albifasciella
Adult: Killarney National Park, Co. Kerry, SW Ireland. May 2011. Mine: Macroom, Co. Cork. Sept 2011

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