Small Birch Purple

Eriocrania salopiella

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocraniidae

Eriocrania salopiella (also known as the small birch purple) is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae and is found in Europe. It was described by the English entomologist, Henry Tibbats Stainton in 1854. The larvae mine the leaves of birch (Betula species).

Distribution

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

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United Kingdom · 14France · 3Germany · 2Belgium · 1

Sources and credits

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

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