Ectoedemia (Ectoedemia) heringi (Toll)
Biology. Hostplants: Quercus pubescens Willd., Q. robur L., Q. petraea (Matt.) Liebl., Q. faginea Lam., Q. ithaburensis Decne subsp. macrolepis (Kotschy) (new record), Cas- tanea sativa Miller. Leafmines are inseparable from those of E. albifasciella and contorta . Larvae found from September to November; adults fly from May to July.
Distribution. Netherlands: Van Nieukerken et al. 1993; Belgium: De Prins 1998; Van Nieukerken 2006; Portugal: Van Nieukerken et al. 2004a; Greece: Laštůvka and Laštůvka 1998. Here recorded new for Crete.
Material. Greece: 2 larvae [DNA identification] and vacated mines, Arkadia, Leonidhion, 5 km NE, coastal road, 10.XI.2009, leafmines on Quercus ithaburensis subsp. macrolepis, E.J. van Nieukerken (RMNH. INS17766–7) ; 1 young larva, Lakonia, Mystras, ancient town, 400, 470, 11.XI.2008, Q. pubescens, E.J. van Nieukerken (RMNH). Greece, Crete: 1♀, Rethymnon, Agia Galini, 20 m, 20.V.1994, R. Sutter (RS) .