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Ectoedemia obtusa is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Spain, France, Italy, Croatia and in Turkmenistan. It is probably also present elsewhere on the Balkan Peninsula and in Turkey and Iran.

Ectoedemia obtusa
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Nepticulidae
Genus:	Ectoedemia
Species:	E. obtusa
Binomial name
Ectoedemia obtusa (Puplesis & Diskus, 1996)
Synonyms
Etainia obtusa Puplesis & Diskus, 1996

Adults are on wing in May and June.

The larvae are thought to feed on Fraxinus species.

External links

• Fauna Europaea
• Ectoedemia (Etainia) obtusa (Puplesis & Diškus, 1996) new for Europe: taxonomy, distribution and biology (Nepticulidae)

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