Ectoedemia minimella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic.
The wingspan is 5–6 mm. The head hair and collar are black, the eyecups white. The antennae are grey and about half the forewing length. The forewings are black with a silvery transverse band. The hindwings are greylepiforum.de includes imagesZagulajev, A.K., 1987 Nepticulidae (Stigmellidae); in G.S. Medvedev (ed.): Keys to the insects of the europaean part of the USSR, Vol.IV: Lepidoptera, part 1 (english translation), Oxonian Press Pvt.Ltd., New Dehli, 1987
The larvae are leaf miners and feed on species of birch, alder, and hazel. Pupation takes place outside of the mine. Adults are on wing from May to June with one generation per year.
This species was first described by Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839.
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Fauna Europaea bladmineerders.nl Ectoedemia minimella at UKMoths Swedish moths Ectoedemia minimella images at Consortium for the Barcode of Life