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Eriocrania breviapex

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Eriocrania breviapex
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Eriocraniidae
Genus: Eriocrania
Species:
E. breviapex
Binomial name
Eriocrania breviapex
Davis, 1978[1]

Eriocrania breviapex is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae.[2] It is found in the Cayuga Lake Basin of north-western New York.

The wingspan is 7.5–9 mm. The forewings are light fuscous with a slight bronze to purplish iridescence, irregularly marked with small pale golden to brassy spots. The hindwings are paler than the forewings and sparsely scaled with long, slender, hairlike brownish-fuscous scales.[3] Adults are on wing from early to mid May in one generation per year.

References

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  1. ^ "Eriocrania breviapex Davis 1978". EOL. Retrieved 1 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Eriocrania breviapex Davis, 1978". www.gbif.org. GBIF. Retrieved 7 April 2023.
  3. ^ A Revision of the North American Moths of the Superfamily Eriocranioidea with the Proposal of a New Family, Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera) Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.