Eriocraniella

Eriocraniella
Eriocraniella platyptera
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
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. ^{[1] [2]} The genus is distributed in the Nearctic. ^[3]

Eriocraniella are small moths (wingspan 6–10 mm (0.24–0.39 in)) with relatively broad wings. ^[3]

Species

There are eight species in two subgenera: ^{[1] [2]}

• Subgenus EriocraniellaViette, 1949
  • Eriocraniella aurosparsella (Walsingham, 1880)
  • Eriocraniella longifurcula Davis, 1978 ^[3]
  • Eriocraniella platyptera Davis, 1978 ^[3]
  • Eriocraniella xanthocara Davis, 1978 ^[3]
• Subgenus Disfurcula Davis, 1978 ^[3]
  • Eriocraniella falcata Davis, 1978 ^[3]
  • Eriocraniella mediabulla Davis & Faeth, 1986 ^[4]
  • Eriocraniella trigona Davis, 1978 ^[3]
  • Eriocraniella variegata Davis, 1978 ^[3]

References

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