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Eriocrania sparrmannella (Bosc, 1791)

Source-backed taxonomic record

Accepted species in Catalogue of Life’s 11 September 2026 base release. This preserves the source classification and available supporting data; it is not a completed species monograph.

Identity & source status

Scientific name
Eriocrania sparrmannella (Bosc, 1791)
Name authority
(Bosc, 1791)
Rank
species
Accepted status
accepted
Kingdom
Animalia
Phylum
Arthropoda
Class
Insecta
Order
Lepidoptera
Family
Eriocraniidae
Genus
Eriocrania
Extinction status
Not supplied by this source

Classification family tree

Nested taxonomic groups from the source. This is not a direct-ancestor chain, a dated evolutionary tree or a phylogenetic reconstruction.

  1. domainEukaryota (Chatton, 1925) Whittaker & Margulis, 1978
  2. kingdomAnimalia
  3. phylumArthropoda
  4. subphylumHexapoda
  5. classInsecta
  6. orderLepidoptera Linnaeus, 1758
  7. superfamilyEriocranioidea Rebel, 1901
  8. familyEriocraniidae Rebel, 1901
  9. genusEriocrania Zeller, 1851
  10. speciesEriocrania sparrmannella (Bosc, 1791)

Close classified relatives

These entries share the source’s genus, Eriocrania. They are not necessarily the closest relatives established by molecular evidence.

SpeciesClassificationSource status
Eriocrania chrysolepidella (Zeller, 1850)EriocraniidaeArthropodaAccepted speciesExtinction status not supplied

Browse 6 records assigned to Eriocraniidae.

Names & synonyms

Names explicitly linked to this accepted taxon in the source. Synonymy can change with revision.

Recorded nameSource status
Eriocrania fimbriata Walsingham, 1900 Walsingham, 1900synonym
Eriocrania auropurpurella Haworth, 1829 Haworth, 1829synonym
Phalaena (Tinea) sparrmannella Bosc, 1791 Bosc, 1791synonym

Source literature & publication evidence

References attached to this source record, including nomenclatural citations where supplied. This is a selected bibliography; abbreviated citations remain in the source’s form.

  1. Bosc. (1791). Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. 1. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/13711#page/226/mode/2upSource fields: Taxon.tsv dwc:namePublishedIn, Taxon.tsv dcterms:references

Origins, evidence & remaining research

Name authority and publication references document nomenclature where the source supplies it. They do not establish evolutionary origins or the earliest fossil occurrence.

Specimen-level evidence, morphology, ecological research, phylogenetic studies, a comprehensive bibliography and a located literary passage have not yet been compiled for this record. A suitable sourced image remains to be added.

Dataset citation & attribution

This exact taxon in ChecklistBank · Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11

Catalogue of Life 2026-09-11; dataset 316321; doi:10.48580/dgz5n. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ . Retrieved 5 October 2026.

Stable key: col:3B4DP. Classification follows source parent identifiers. English common names may vary by region.