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Digital Guide to Moth Identification

North American Lepidoptera Genitalia Library

Eriocraniidae 070003 – 0005 – Eriocrania semipurpurella (Stephens, 1834) – Purplish Birch-miner

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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

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