Superfamily Eriocranioidea | Scientific name Eriocraniidae Rank Family | |
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Infraorder DacnonyphaHinton, 1946 sensu Minet, 2002 Similar Incurvariidae, Tischerioidea, Micropterigidae, Epermeniidae, Butterflies and moths |
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.






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