Haplochrois bipunctella

Haplochrois bipunctella
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Elachistidae
Genus: Haplochrois
Species:
H. bipunctella
Binomial name
Haplochrois bipunctella
(Chambers, 1880)
Synonyms
  • Tetanocentria bipunctella
  • Aetia bipunctella Chambers, 1880
  • Chaetocampa crotonella Bottimer, 1926
  • Aetia crotonella

Haplochrois bipunctella is a moth of the family Elachistidae. It is found in North America, including Arizona, Mississippi, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas.[1]

Adults are on wing from May to September.[2]

The larvae feed on Croton engelmannii. They create leaf petiole galls and mine the seeds of their host plant.[3]

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Bug Guide
  3. ^ Landry, B. 2001. A new agonoxenine moth from the Galápagos Islands (Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55(2): 59-62[permanent dead link‍]


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