Nepticulidae

04.091 White-spot Dot Ectoedemia heringi (Toll, 1934)

Local

Similar species:

Forewing: 2.5 to 3mm

Habitats: Deciduous woodland and parkland.

Habits: The moth rests on a trunk during the day.

Foodplant: The larva forms a narrow gallery mine running along a vein in an oak leaf. It widens into a blotch laying against the vein and the midrib. Unlike the blotch of Ectoedemia subbimaculella there is no slit under it. It pupates in a cocoon in the leaf litter.