Eriocrania

Eriocrania
Eriocrania alpinella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocraniidae
Genus: Eriocrania
Zeller, 1851
Species

Many, see text

Synonyms
  • Allochapmania Strand, 1917
  • Chapmania Spuler, 1910
  • Heringocrania Kusnezov, 1941
  • Paracrania

Eriocrania is a Palearctic genus of moth of the family Eriocraniidae. The moths are diurnal, flying in sunshine, and the larvae are leaf miners, forming blotches in leaves.