Mottled Purple

Eriocrania cicatricella

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocraniidae

Eriocrania cicatricella is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae found in Europe. It was first described by Johan Wilhelm Zetterstedt in 1839. The larvae mine the leaves of birch (Betula species).

Distribution

Mottled Purple — (c) Patrick Clement, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

Netherlands · 49United Kingdom · 15Germany · 8Belgium · 1

Sources and credits

Photo(c) Patrick Clement, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionEriocrania cicatricella, Wikipedia contributors

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