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Heringocrania unimaculella
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Heringocrania unimaculella

Eriocrania unimaculella (also known as the White-spot Purple) is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae found in Europe. It was first described by the Swedish naturalist Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839. The larvae feed inside the leaves of birch (Betula species), making a mine.

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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 805808.