Eriocrania chrysolepidella

Eriocrania chrysolepidella is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae. It is found in Europe, from Finland to the Pyrenees and Italy, and from Ireland to Romania.

Eriocrania chrysolepidella
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocraniidae
Genus: Eriocrania
Species:
E. chrysolepidella
Binomial name
Eriocrania chrysolepidella
(Zeller, 1851)
Synonyms
  • Micropteryx chrysolepidella Zeller, 1851
  • Paracrania chrysolepidella
  • Heringocrania chrysolepidella

The wingspan is about 11 mm. The head is black-brown with sparse, mixed brown and beige hair-like scales on the head The forewings are golden bronze with light gold and copper to purple scales, forming a reticulate pattern distad There is, basally of the tornus, an indistinct golden spot.[1] The moth flies in April depending on the location.

The larvae mine the leaves of Corylus and Carpinus species.

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