Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Eriocraniidae Extinction status Extinct | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Species †E. hercynicus Rank Genus | |
Similar Butterflies and moths, Insect, Eriocraniidae |
Eriocranites is an extinct genus of moth in the Elachistidae family. It contains only one species, Eriocranites hercynicus, which was described from Willershausen in Germany. It is dated to the Pliocene.
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