Early Purple

Eriocrania semipurpurella pacifica

Classification

Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocraniidae

Eriocrania semipurpurella (Purplish birch-miner) is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae, found from Europe to Japan and in North America. It was first described by James Francis Stephens in 1835. The species closely resembles Eriocrania sangii and the larvae of both species mine the leaves of birch.

Distribution

Early Purple — (c) J Straka, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY

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Countries in the Picchu catalog

United States of America · 23Canada · 22

Sources and credits

Photo(c) J Straka, some rights reserved (CC BY) · CC-BY DescriptionEriocrania semipurpurella, Wikipedia contributors

Early Purple

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