Eriocranites

Eriocranites
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Eriocraniidae
Genus:	†Eriocranites; Kernbach, 1967
Species:	†E. hercynicus
Binomial name
	†Eriocranites hercynicus; Kernbach, 1967

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.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eriocranites hercynicus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

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[1] Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Eriocranites hercynicus". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 3, 2018.

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