Ectoedemia minimella

Ectoedemia minimella is a moth of the family Nepticulidae. It is widely distributed in the Holarctic.

The wingspan is 5-6 mm. Adults are black with whitish fascia and eyecaps. Adults are on wing from May to June with one generation per year. The larvae are leaf miners and feed on species of birch, alder, and hazel. The mine consists of a short tortuous corridor that widens into a blotch, often between two lateral veins, with scattered frass. Pupation takes place outside of the mine.

This species was first described by Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839.