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Sparkling Archaic Sun Moths
Eriocraniidae
Eriocraniidae is a family of moths restricted to the Holarctic region, with six extant genera. 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.
8 branches of this family, most-observed first
Dyseriocrania
genusDyseriocrania
Eriocrania
genusEriocrania
Eriocraniella
genusEriocraniella
Heringocrania
genusHeringocrania
Paracrania
genusParacrania
Neocrania
genusNeocrania
Issikiocrania
genusIssikiocrania
Catolbistis
genusCatolbistis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 173582.