Eriocrania subpurpurella (Common Oak Purple)
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Eriocrania subpurpurella (Common Oak Purple)
Originator: Leif Gabrielsen
Systematics :
Kingdom: Animals (Animalia)
Phylum: Articulate animals (Arthropoda)
Class: Insects (Insecta)
Order: Moths and butterflies (Lepidoptera)
Group: Micro-moths ("Micro-heterocera")
Family: Eriocraniids (Eriocraniidae)
Subfamily: Eriocraniinae
Genus: Eriocrania
Species: Common Oak Purple (Eriocrania subpurpurella)
Host plants: Carpinus betulus, Corylus avellana (Common Hazel), Quercus (Oak), Quercus petraea (Sessile Oak), Quercus robur (Common Oak), Quercus rubra
Confusion species: Early Purple (Eriocrania semipurpurella), Large Birch Purple (Eriocrania sangii), Mottled Purple (Eriocrania sparrmannella), Washed Purple (Eriocrania cicatricella)
Norwegian Red List 2010: Least Concern more info