Ectoedemia jubae
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Nepticulidae |
Genus: | Ectoedemia |
Species: | E. jubae
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Binomial name | |
Ectoedemia jubae (Walsingham, 1908)
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Ectoedemia jubae is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.
The wingspan is 4.5-5.5 mm.
The larvae feed on Euphorbia balsamifera, Euphorbia obtusifolia and Euphorbia regis-jubae. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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