Haplochrois bipunctella
| Haplochrois bipunctella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Clade: | Pancrustacea |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Elachistidae |
| Genus: | Haplochrois |
| Species: | H. bipunctella |
| 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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