Ectoedemia commiphorella

Ectoedemia commiphorella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. commiphorella
Binomial name
Ectoedemia commiphorella
Scoble, 1978

Ectoedemia commiphorella is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It was described by Scoble in 1978. It is known from South Africa (it was described from the Langjan Nature Reserve).[1]

The larvae feed on Commiphora pyracanthoides.

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