Eriocrania sparrmannella also known as the mottled purple is a moth of the family Eriocraniidae, found in Europe and Japan.

The forewings are rather short and broad, pale shining golden and strongly and sharply strigulated with purple.

There is a narrow erect dorsal spot of ground-colour before the tornus, reaching half across the wing; cilia grey, sometimes obscurely barred with ochreous-whitish.

He initially allocated the moth to the genus, Tinea, which means – wings wrapped round the body so as to almost form a cylinder.

The present genus Eriocrani, literally means woolly-headed, i.e. rough-haired, referring to the scales on the top of the head.