Identification, Images, & Information
For Insects, Spiders & Their Kin
For the United States & Canada
 

Register · Log In
HomeGuideID RequestRecentFrassForumsDonateHelp
Clickable Guide
Moths Butterflies Flies Caterpillars Flies Dragonflies Flies Mantids Cockroaches Bees and Wasps Walkingsticks Earwigs Ants Termites Hoppers and Kin Hoppers and Kin Beetles True Bugs Fleas Grasshoppers and Kin Ticks Spiders Scorpions Centipedes Millipedes

Calendar
Upcoming Events

Photos of insects and people from the 2024 BugGuide gathering in Idaho July 24-27

Moth submissions from National Moth Week 2024

Photos of insects and people from the 2022 BugGuide gathering in New Mexico, July 20-24

Photos of insects and people from the Spring 2021 gathering in Louisiana, April 28-May 2

Photos of insects and people from the 2019 gathering in Louisiana, July 25-27

Photos of insects and people from the 2018 gathering in Virginia, July 27-29


Previous events
TaxonomyBrowse
Info
ImagesLinksBooksData
Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Eriocraniid Moths (Eriocranioidea) » Eriocraniid Moths (Eriocraniidae) » Eriocraniella » Eriocraniella aurosparsella - Hodges#0007 (Eriocraniella aurosparsella)

Species Eriocraniella aurosparsella - Hodges#0007

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Numbers · Size · Identification · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
Eriocraniella aurosparsella
Show images of: caterpillars · adults · both
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
Superfamily Eriocranioidea (Eriocraniid Moths)
Family Eriocraniidae (Eriocraniid Moths)
Genus Eriocraniella
Species aurosparsella (Eriocraniella aurosparsella - Hodges#0007)
Hodges Number
0007
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Eriocraniella aurosparsella (Walsingham, 1880)
Micropteryx aurosparsella Walsingham, 1880
Numbers
There are species of the genus Eriocraniella in America north of Mexico. (1),(2)
Size
Davis (1978) listed the wingspan. (3)
♂ 8-9 mm.
♀ 7.5-8.5 mm.
Walsingham (1880) listed a wingspan of 7.5 mm.
Identification
Davis (1978) revised description of the adult and larva available in PDF. (3)
Forewings have a light purplish iridescence.
Range
Davis (1978) reported the range to include southern Oregon through the coastal ranges of California to Santa Clara County and Santa Cruz Island. (3)
Season
Davis (1978) reported Eriocraniella aurosparsella to be univoltine with a flight period of late February to late May. (3)
Food
Davis (1978) reported the larvae are leaf miners on Quercus kellogii Newberry (California black oak). (3)
Print References
Davis, D.R., 1978. A revision of the North American moths of the superfamily Eriocranioidea with the proposal of a new family, Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 251: p. 71; figs. 31, 32, 121-134, 174, 197-198, 229-230, 246, 263-264, 310-312, 339; map 4. (3)
Powell, J.A. & P.A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America. University of California Press, plate 1, fig. 3; p. 34. (4)
Walsingham, 1880. On some new and little known species of Tineidae. Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London, 83; plate 11, fig. 12.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (5)
Works Cited
1.Check list of the Lepidoptera of America north of Mexico.
Hodges, et al. (editors). 1983. E. W. Classey, London. 284 pp.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.A revision of the North American moths of the superfamily Eriocranioidea with the proposal of a new family, Acanthopteroctetidae
Donald R. Davis. 1978. Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology 251: 1-104.
4.Moths of Western North America
Powell and Opler. 2009. UC Press.
5.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 6 November, 2013 - 12:09pm
Last updated 5 February, 2014 - 9:53pm

Disclaimer: Dedicated naturalists volunteer their time and resources here to provide this service. We strive to provide accurate information, but we are mostly just amateurs attempting to make sense of a diverse natural world. If you need expert professional advice, contact your local extension office.

Contributors own the copyright to and are solely responsible for contributed content.
Click the contributor's name for licensing and usage information.
Everything else copyright © 2003-2025 Iowa State University, unless otherwise noted.

Bugguide is hosted by:

Plant Pathology, Entomology and Microbiology at Iowa State University logo

Printer Friendly Version 		Terms of Use
Privacy Statement
Site Map
Contact