Eriocraniidae

Eriocraniidae
Eriocrania semipurpurella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
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
Eriocrania
Eriocraniella
Issikiocrania
Neocrania
†Eriocranites Kernbach, 1967

Diversity
25 described species

Eriocraniidae is a family of moths restricted to the Holarctic region, with six 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]

  1. ^ Joël Minet (2002). "Un nom d'infra-ordre pour les Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera)" [Proposal of an infraordinal name for the Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera)]. Bulletin de la Société entomologique de France. 107 (3): 222. doi:10.3406/bsef.2002.16845. S2CID 89221735.
  2. ^ Donald R. Davis (1978). "A revision of the North American moths of the superfamily Eriocranioidea with the proposal of a new family, Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera)" (PDF). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology. 251 (251): 1–131. doi:10.5479/si.00810282.251. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2019. Retrieved 8 May 2011.
  3. ^ Hitomi Mizukawa, Toshiya Hirowatari & Satoshi Hashimoto (2004). "Biosystematic study of Issikiocrania japonicella Moriuti (Lepidoptera: Eriocraniidae), with description of immature stages". Entomological Science. 7 (4): 389–397. doi:10.1111/j.1479-8298.2004.00088.x. S2CID 85351035.
  4. ^ Kristensen, Niels P. (31 December 1998). "5. The Homoneurous Glossata". In Kükenthal, Willy (ed.). Band 4: Arthropoda, 2 Hälfte: Insecta, Lepidoptera, Moths and Butterflies, Teilband/Part 35, Volume 1: Evolution, Systematics, and Biogeography. Handbuch der Zoologie. De Gruyter. pp. 51–64. doi:10.1515/9783110804744.51. ISBN 978-3-11-015704-8. Archived from the original on 3 April 2024. Retrieved 17 May 2024.