Eriocrania cicatricella
Eriocrania cicatricella is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae. It is found in Europe.
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eriocraniidae |
| Genus: | Eriocrania |
| Species: | E. cicatricella |
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| Eriocrania cicatricella (Zetterstedt, 1839) | |
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The wingspan is about 11 mm. The head is fuscous, somewhat mixed with grey-whitish. The forewings are rather elongate, pale shining golden, strigulated and spotted with purple and the veins posteriorly purple. There is a rather indistinct transverse dorsal spot of ground-colour before the tornus, not reaching half across wing; cilia light grey. Vein 9 is absent. The hindwings are grey, towards apex purplish-tinged. The moth flies in April depending on the location.
The larvae mine the leaves of Betula species.
References
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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