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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Eriocraniid Moths (Eriocranioidea) » Eriocraniid Moths (Eriocraniidae) » Eriocraniella » Eriocraniella platyptera - Hodges#0010 (Eriocraniella platyptera)
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Eriocraniid ex Quercus ilicifolia - Eriocraniella platyptera
Copyright © 2014 Charley Eiseman

Eriocraniid ex Quercus ilicifolia - Eriocraniella platyptera
Nantucket, Nantucket County, Massachusetts, USA
March 27, 2014
Size: 4.5 mm
I was expecting this to be Dyseriocrania griseocapitella, but it's purple with gold spots instead of gold with purple spots. I didn't think there were any other oak feeders around here.
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Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 27 March, 2014 - 10:47pm
Last updated 21 January, 2015 - 6:51pm

Moved
Moved from Eriocraniella.
ID confirmed by Jean-François Landry; specimen in the Canadian National Collection.
… Charley Eiseman, 21 January, 2015 - 6:51pm login or register to post comments

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