Eriocranites
Extinct genus of moths
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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]
| Eriocranites | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Eriocraniidae |
| Genus: | †Eriocranites Kernbach, 1967 |
| Species: | †E. hercynicus |
| Binomial name | |
| †Eriocranites hercynicus Kernbach, 1967 | |
