Biology:Eriocranites
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Short description: Extinct genus of moths
| Eriocranites | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eriocraniidae |
| Genus: | †Eriocranites Kernbach, 1967 |
| Species: | †E. hercynicus
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| Binomial name | |
| †Eriocranites hercynicus Kernbach, 1967
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Eriocranites is an extinct genus of moth in the family Elachistidae. It contains only one species, Eriocranites hercynicus, which was described from Willershausen in Germany . It is dated to the Pliocene.[1]
References
- ↑ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I. et al., eds (2003). "Eriocranites hercynicus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. https://www.nhm.ac.uk/our-science/data/lepindex/detail/?taxonno=137639.
Wikidata ☰ Q5389325 entry
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