Heliozelidae
Heliozela sp.
The Erzglanzmotten ( Heliozelidae ) are a family of butterflies (Lepidoptera ). They are used worldwide, except in New Zealand, with about 100 species.
Features
The moths reach a wingspan of only five to nine millimeters. They have elongated body and narrow forewings, more than three times as long, are as wide. They are predominantly metallic ( mostly grayish- bronze or dark coppery ) shiny. The hind wings are also narrow and elongated and have long fringes. The thread-like sensor reach about 60 to 70% of the forewing length. The moths do not have simple eyes ( ocelli ). Your five-membered Maxillarpalpen are much reduced form, Their proboscis is well developed and scaly at the base.
The Vorderflügeladerung varies from poor to well developed. You have nine wing veins with an anal vein (1b). The hind wings have a back Flügeladerung formed, consisting of seven to nine cores with one or two Analadern (1b or 1b and 1c ).
Way of life
The moths are diurnal.
The caterpillars live as leaf miners either in leaves or eat from the interior of branches up in a sheet before. For pupation they cut out an oval piece of a leaf and spun the edges so that they can pupate it. Before they can be but that fall from the plant to the ground.
System
The Erzglanzmotten family is represented in Europe with eight species. In German-speaking countries get away before seven species.
- Antispilina ludwigi M. Hering, 1941 D
- Antispila metal ella ( Denis & Schiffer Müller, 1775) D -CH -A
- Antispila treitschkiella (Fischer v. Röselstamm, 1843) D -CH -A
- Heliozela sericiella ( Haworth, 1828) D -CH -A
- Heliozela resplendella ( Stainton, 1851) D -CH -A
- Heliozela hammoniella Sorhagen, 1885 D -A
- Heliozela lithargyrellum (Zeller, 1850) D?
- Holocacista rivillei ( Stainton, 1855)