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Ectoedemia rosiphila

(Ectoedemia rosiphila)

Description

Ectoedemia rosiphila is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Rimantas Puplesis in 1990. It is known from Kazakhstan and Tadzhikistan. The larvae feed on Rosa fedtschenkoana. They mine the leaves of their host plant.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum:
Class: Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Nepticulidae
Genus:Ectoedemia
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