Haplochrois bipunctella explained

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]

Notes and References

1. http://www.mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=1465 mothphotographersgroup
2. http://bugguide.net/node/view/505599 Bug Guide
3. http://peabody.research.yale.edu//jls/htms/2000s/2001-55(2)59-Landry.htm Landry, B. 2001. A new agonoxenine moth from the Galápagos Islands (Gelechioidea: Elachistidae). Journal of the Lepidopterists' Society 55(2): 59-62