Haplochrois bipunctella
Appearance
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Elachistidae |
Genus: | Haplochrois |
Species: | H. bipunctella
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Binomial name | |
Haplochrois bipunctella (Chambers, 1880)
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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]
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