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Haplochrois bipunctella

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Haplochrois bipunctella
Scientific classification
Kingdom:
Animalia
Phylum:
Arthropoda
Class:
Insecta
Order:
Lepidoptera
Family:
Elachistidae (disputed)
Subfamily:
Parametriotinae
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


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