Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is found in Kentucky, Ohio and North Carolina in the United States.
| Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella | |
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| Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella and leaf mine | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Nepticulidae |
| Genus: | Ectoedemia |
| Species: | E. nyssaefoliella |
| Binomial name | |
| Ectoedemia nyssaefoliella (Chambers, 1880) | |
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The wingspan is 4.5–6 mm. There are two or three generations per year. The larvae of the first generation become full-grown in June.
The larvae feed on Nyssa sylvatica. They mine the leaves of their host plant.
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