ERIOCRANIIDAE
(a family of micro-moths)

Subtaxon Example images Rank Featured
subtaxa		 No of
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ID refs
Dyseriocrania subpurpurella
Common Oak Purple
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 		Species 16 images
Eriocrania
a genus of micro-moths
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 		Genus 2 subtaxa 34 images
Taxonomic hierarchy:
FamilyERIOCRANIIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
SuperfamilyERIOCRANIOIDEA (a superfamily of micro-moths)
InfraorderDacnonypha (an infraorder of moths)
SuborderGLOSSATA (a suborder of moths)
OrderLEPIDOPTERA (butterflies and moths)
Division Endopterygota (bees, beetles, flies, moths and other insects with wings developing internally)
InfraclassNeoptera (bees, beetles, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other advanced insects)
SubclassPTERYGOTA (bees, beetles, dragonflies, flies, grasshoppers, moths and other winged insects)
ClassINSECTA (true insects)
SubphylumHEXAPODA (insects and other 6-legged organisms)
PhylumARTHROPODA (arthropods)
SuperphylumECDYSOZOA (skin shedders)
CladeBilateria (bilaterally symmetrical animals)
SubkingdomEUMETAZOA (metazoans)
KingdomANIMALIA (animals)
DomainEukaryota (eukaryotes)
LifeBIOTA (living things)

Identification Works

AuthorYearTitleSource
() Emmet, A.M., Langmaid, J. & Heath J. 1983 Micropterigidae to Heliozelidae (vol 1) The Moths and Butterflies of Great Britain and Ireland, Vol 1, 343pp, Harley Books
() Manning, D. Eriocraniidae - the leaf mines and larvae of the birch feeding species www.leafmines.co.uk/html/eriocraniidae_mine_key.htm

Larvae/Leaf-miners

Anon. British Leafminers www.leafmines.co.uk/
Dickerson, B. 2007 The identification of leaf-mining Lepidoptera http://www.leafmines.co.uk/html/Mine_Guide.htm
Pitkin, B. Ellis, W.,Plant, C. & Edmunds, R. The leaf and stem mines of British flies and other insects www.ukflymines.co.uk

ERIOCRANIIDAE (a family of micro-moths) may also be included in identification literature listed under the following higher taxa:

NBNNBN (data.nbn.org.uk) has a distribution map for ERIOCRANIIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
BioInfoBioInfo (www.bioinfo.org.uk) has 0 host/parasite/foodplant and/or other relationships for ERIOCRANIIDAE (a family of micro-moths)
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