Eriocrania breviapex
Eriocrania breviapex | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Eriocraniidae |
Genus: | Eriocrania |
Species: | E. breviapex |
Binomial name | |
Eriocrania breviapex Clarke, 1978 | |
Eriocrania breviapex is a moth of the Eriocraniidae family. 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.[1] Adults are on wing from early to mid May in one generation per year.
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