Eriocraniidae | |
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Eriocrania semipurpurella | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Suborder: | Glossata |
Infraorder: | Dacnonypha Hinton, 1946 sensu Minet, 2002[1] |
Superfamily: | Eriocranioidea |
Family: | Eriocraniidae Rebel, 1901 |
Genera | |
Dyseriocrania |
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Diversity | |
24 described species |
Eriocraniidae is a family of moths restricted to the Holarctic region, with seven extant genera.[2][3] These small, metallic moths are usually day-flying, emerging fairly early in the northern temperate Spring. They have a proboscis with which they drink water or sap. The larvae are leaf miners on Fagales, principally the trees birch (Betula) and oak (Quercus) but a few on Salicales and Rosales.[4]