Ectoedemia heckfordi is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is only known from Devon in Great Britain, having been discovered in 2004 at the National Trust's Hembury Woods by amateur naturalist Bob Heckford, for whom it is named.[1]
| Ectoedemia heckfordi | |
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| male and male hindwing | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. heckfordi |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia heckfordi van Nieukerken, A. & Z. Lastuvka, 2009 | |
The wingspan is 4.8–6.2 mm. Adults are on wing from April to May. There is one generation per year.
The bright green larvae feed on oaks, Quercus petraea and Quercus robur. They mine the leaves of their host plant.[1]
In April 2010, Heckford presented the type specimen to the Natural History Museum in London.[1]
Male genitalia
Male genitalia
Female genitalia
Female genitalia
Female terminal abdominal segment
Final instar larva on Quercus petraea
Leafmine
References
External links
- Fauna Europaea
- bladmineerders.nl
- Western Palaearctic Ectoedemia (Zimmermannia) Hering and Ectoedemia Busck s. str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae): five new species and new data on distribution, hostplants and recognition