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Ectoedemia variicapitella

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Species of moth

Ectoedemia variicapitella
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. variicapitella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia variicapitella
(Chretien, 1908)
Synonyms
  • Nepticula variicapitella Chretien, 1908

Ectoedemia variicapitella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is endemic to the Canary Islands.

The larvae feed on Hypericum canariense. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

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Ectoedemia variicapitella


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