Paraclemensia acerifoliella is a maple leaf miner when young, but when
larger cuts two circular portions of leaf and sews them together as a portable
case. The winter is passed as a pupa inside the case. Species of
Adela
have extremely long antennae. This family also includes the yucca moths
(Tegeticula) of the Southwest where it is the sole pollinator of yucca.
56 NA spp in this Family.
