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Family Heliozelidae - Shield Bearer Moths

Antispila · Aspilanta · Coptodisca · Heliozela
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Genus Antispila
Heliozelidae, Shield Bearer Moth, blotch leaf mine on Grape - Antispila Antispila Antispila reared from Cornus drummondii - Antispila freemani St. Andrews leaf miner on Cornus florida SA505 Antispilla 2016 3 - Antispila cornifoliella Leaf blotch in Vitis - Antispila Antispila cornifoliella - Antispila Leaf mine - Antispila freemani brown and white twirler moth? - Antispila

Genus Aspilanta
Antispila ampelopsifoliella - Aspilanta ampelopsifoliella St. Andrews leaf miner on Myrica cerifera SA703 Antispila maybe 2016 2 - Aspilanta argentifera Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Parthenocissus quinquefolia D996 Antspila 2018 1 - Aspilanta Phylloporia bistrigella? - Aspilanta Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Parthenocissus quinquefolia D1555 2019 5 - Aspilanta Wrightwood Park leaf miner on Vitis vulpina D2485 2020 3 - Aspilanta oinophylla Lake Crabtree leaf miner on Parthenocissus quinquefolia D2970 2021 6 - Aspilanta Eagle Spur Trail leaf miner on Vitis cinerea adult D3084A 2021 1.1 - Aspilanta oinophylla

Genus Coptodisca
What is it? in Southeastern Pennsylvania - Coptodisca Prunus Leaf Mine [Coptodisca? splendoriferella??] ID Request - Coptodisca splendoriferella St. Andrews leaf miner on Carya tomentosa Coptodisca maybe SA99 2015 1 - Coptodisca lucifluella St. Andrews leaf miner on Diospyros virginica Coptodisca diospyriella maybe SA108 2015 3 - Coptodisca diospyriella St. Andrews leaf miner on Myrica cerifera SA744 Coptodisca 2017 1 - Coptodisca undescribed-species-on-morella Abandoned mines on Prunus serotina - Coptodisca splendoriferella St. Andrews leaf miner on Carya tomentosa SA1768 adult 2 2020 1 - Coptodisca lucifluella Weymouth Woods leaf miner Coptodisca on Morella caroliniensis D4586 2023 1 - Coptodisca undescribed-species-on-morella

Genus Heliozela
galls on a wild grape leaf - Heliozela aesella Heliozelidae, Shield Bearer Moths, on Grape, pupa - Heliozela aesella Heliozelidae, Shield Bearer Moths, on Grape, maybe 3 cocoons - Heliozela aesella Heliozelid galls on riverbank grape - Heliozela aesella Please help us to identify this moth. - Heliozela Heliozela aesella - Hodges#0230 - Heliozela aesella Heliozela aesella Pennsylvania Moth for ID - Heliozela aesella


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