1. Lebendfotos

1.1. Falter

2. Biologie

2.1. Nahrung der Raupe

Noch unbekannt!

3. Weitere Informationen

3.1. Etymologie (Namenserklärung)

Davis (1978: 68) erklärt: "Although no males have been examined thus far, Eriocrania breviapex is easily distinguished from all other Eriocraniidae by the rather abbreviated apex of its ovipositor. This diagnostic feature has suggested its name, which is derived from the Latin brevis (short) and apex (top)."

3.2. Taxonomie und Faunistik

Davis (1978: 68) beschrieb die Art nach 4 Weibchen - das zugehörige Männchen war unbekannt. Alle 4 Weibchen stammen von der Typenlokalität: "This species is presently known only from the type-locality, which is located in the Cayuga Lake Basin of northwestern New York." Zur Verwandtschaft wird erklärt: "This species demonstrates greatest affinities to E. semipurpurella pacifica, new subspecies, from the northwestern United States, particularly with regard to the similar form of their vaginal sclerites. That species, however, as well as the northeastern E. semipurpurella semipurpurella, can be readily separated from E. breviapex on the basis of the above-mentioned ovipositor character."

(Autor: Erwin Rennwald)

3.3. Literatur

• Erstbeschreibung: 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: i-iv, 1-131. [PDF auf repository.si.edu]