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Ectoedemia obtusa

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Ectoedemia obtusa
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species:
E. obtusa
Binomial name
Ectoedemia obtusa
(Puplesis & Diskus, 1996)
Synonyms
  • Etainia obtusa Puplesis & Diskus, 1996

Ectoedemia obtusa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia and in Turkmenistan. It is probably also present elsewhere on the Balkan Peninsula and in Turkey and Iran.

Adults are on wing in May and June.

The larvae are thought to feed on Fraxinus species.

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