Ectoedemia ruwenzoriensis

Ectoedemia ruwenzoriensis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Nepticulidae
Genus: Ectoedemia
Species: E. ruwenzoriensis
Binomial name
Ectoedemia ruwenzoriensis
(Bradley, 1965)
Synonyms
  • Stigmella ruwenzoriensis Bradley, 1965
  • Acalyptris ruwenzoriensis (Bradley, 1965)

Ectoedemia ruwenzoriensis is a moth of the Nepticulidae family. It is only known from the Rwenzori Mountains in Uganda.

It is possible that the larvae feed on Hypericum, because tree-forming Hypericum species occur commonly in the higher montane zones, such as the ericaceous belt or Hagenia-Hypericum zone.

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