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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library
Eriocraniidae
0700030005Eriocrania semipurpurella (Stephens, 1834) – Purplish Birch-miner
  • Barcode of Life (BOLD) - Caution: DNA barcode provides evidence of relatedness, not proof of identification, and some BOLD specimens shown may not be sequenced.
  • Davis, D.R., 1978. A revision of the North American moths of the superfamily Eriocranioidea with the proposal of a new family, Acanthopteroctetidae (Lepidoptera). Smithsonian Contributions to Zoology, 251: 1-104.
  • Powell, J. A. & P. A. Opler, 2009. Moths of Western North America, Pl. 1.5f; p. 34. Book Review and ordering
  • Species Page at BugGuide.Net
  • Species Page at Mass Moths

Eriocrania semipurpurella
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