''Ectoedemia crispae'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

of the family

Nepticulidae Nepticulidae is a family of very small moths with a worldwide distribution. They are characterised by eyecaps over the eyes (see also Opostegidae, Bucculatricidae, Lyonetiidae). These pigmy moths or midget moths, as they are commonly known, inc ...

. It was described by Scoble in 1983. It is known from

South Africa South Africa, officially the Republic of South Africa (RSA), is the southernmost country in Africa. It is bounded to the south by of coastline that stretch along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans; to the north by the neighbouring countri ...

(it was described in Pretoria).Nepticulidae and Opostegidae of the world
/ref> The larvae feed on ''

Euclea crispa ''Euclea crispa'',''crispa'' = "curled", referring to the leaf margins that may be rolled under or wavy commonly known as the blue guarri,The Khwe appelation "Gwarri" is also the origin of the Afrikaans and Xhosa loan words, "Ghwarrie" and "umGw ...

''.

References

Endemic moths of South Africa Nepticulidae Moths of Africa Moths described in 1983 Taxa named by Malcolm Scoble {{Ectoedemia-stub