Eriocraniella
| Eriocraniella | |
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| Eriocraniella platyptera | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eriocraniidae |
| Genus: | Eriocraniella Viette, 1949 |
| Species | |
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8 species (see text) | |
Eriocraniella is a genus of moths in the family Eriocraniidae.[1][2] The genus is distributed in the Nearctic.[3]
Eriocraniella are small moths (wingspan 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in)) with relatively broad wings.[3]
Species
[edit]There are eight species in two subgenera:[1][2]
- Subgenus Eriocraniella Viette, 1949
- Eriocraniella aurosparsella (Walsingham, 1880)
- Eriocraniella longifurcula Davis, 1978[3]
- Eriocraniella platyptera Davis, 1978[3]
- Eriocraniella xanthocara Davis, 1978[3]
- Subgenus Disfurcula Davis, 1978[3]
- Eriocraniella falcata Davis, 1978[3]
- Eriocraniella mediabulla Davis & Faeth, 1986[4]
- Eriocraniella trigona Davis, 1978[3]
- Eriocraniella variegata Davis, 1978[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Eriocraniella (Disfurcula) falcata Davis, 1978". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Eriocraniella Viette, 1949". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Davis, Donald R. (1978). "A revision of the North American moths of the superfamily Eriocranioidea with the proposal of a new family, Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera)". Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 251: 1–131. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.251. hdl:10088/5499.
- ↑ Davis, Donald R. & Faeth, Stanley H. (1986). "A new oak-mining eriocraniid moth from Southeastern United States (Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae)". Proceedings of the Entomological Society of Washington. 88: 145–153.