Eriocraniella

Eriocraniella
Eriocraniella platyptera
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocraniidae
Genus: Eriocraniella
Viette, 1949
Species

8 species (see text)

Eriocraniella is a genus of moths in the family Eriocraniidae. The genus is distributed in the Nearctic.

Eriocraniella are small moths (wingspan 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in)) with relatively broad wings.

Species

There are eight species in two subgenera:

References

  1. 1 2 "Eriocraniella (Disfurcula) falcata Davis, 1978". Catalogue of Life. Species 2000: Leiden, the Netherlands. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  2. 1 2 Savela, Markku. "Eriocraniella Viette, 1949". Lepidoptera and some other life forms. Retrieved 13 February 2025.
  3. 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.
  4. ↑ 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.