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Eriocranites

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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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Eriocranites Wikipedia