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Shield-bearing Moths
Heliozelidae
A family of primitive monotrysian moths in the order Lepidoptera, Heliozelidae are small, metallic day-flying moths with shiny smooth heads. In Europe the small adult moths (genera Antispila and Heliozela) are seldom noticed as they fly quite early in the spring. The larvae are leaf miners and the vacated leaf mines are distinctive because the larva leaves a large hole at the end.
15 branches of this family, most-observed first
Coptodisca
genusCoptodisca
Antispila
genusAntispila
Heliozela
genusHeliozela
Aspilanta
genusAspilanta
Pseliastis
genusPseliastis
Hoplophanes
genusHoplophanes
Holocacista
genusHolocacista
Prophylactis
genusProphylactis
Antispilina
genusAntispilina
Dyselachista
genusDyselachista
Ischnocanaba
genusIschnocanaba
Lamprozela
genusLamprozela
Phanerozela
genusPhanerozela
Tyriozela
genusTyriozela
Monachozela
genusMonachozela
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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Every page naming Heliozelidae in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 126380.