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Ectoedemia liguricella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in the western part of the Mediterranean region, where it is known from the Italian Riviera, France, Spain and Morocco. It occurs from sea-level to high elevations in the mountains

Ectoedemia liguricella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. liguricella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia liguricella Klimesch, 1953

The wingspan is 7.6–9 mm. Adults have been caught from May to September.

It is thought that, unlike most other Nepticulidae species, the larvae mine the bark of their host, rather than the leaves. The host plant is unknown, but they might feed on Quercus species, since it has often been collected amongst those trees. In one of the localities near Marbella, bark mines on Quercus coccifera were recorded, which could belong to this species.

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• A Taxonomic Revision Of The Western Palaearctic Species Of The Subgenera Zimmermannia Hering And Ectoedemia Busck s.str. (Lepidoptera, Nepticulidae), With Notes On Their Phylogeny

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