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