Eriocrania sangii
Eriocrania sangii 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. sangii |
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| Eriocrania sangii (Wood, 1891) | |
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The wingspan is 9–14 mm. Edward Meyrick gives this description: head whitish-grey-ochreous, more or less mixed with dark fuscous. Antennae 1/2. Forewings elongate, bronzy-purple, with more or less numerous pale shining golden irregular spots: a subtriangular pale golden dorsal spot before tornus, reaching half across wing; cilia bronzy-grey, on dorsal spot ochreous-whitish; 9 absent. Hindwings bronzy-grey, towards apex purplish-tinged. Larva grey; head black, centre and mouth brown; 2 with two groups of black spots: in brownish blotch in leaves of birch. The moth flies from March to April depending on the location.[1]
The larvae mine the leaves of Betula species.
References
- Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf
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