Members of this large family (630 NA spp) have diverse habits. Some are
leaf miners, a few form galls, many are leaf rollers/tiers. These small
moths have long upcurved labial palps with the terminal segment long and
pointed. The Angoumois grain moth, Sitotroga cerealella, is a serious pest
of stored grain.
Gnorimoschemagalaesolidaginis
forms an elongate gall on the stem of Solidago gigantea. Another
Gnorimoschema?
sp forms a circular gall on the stem of Helianthusrigidus. Aroga
sp?? feeds on
Artemisia ludoviciana, tying the flower heads together.
Chrysopora lingulacella is a small red and black moth that forms blotch
mines in
Chenopodium album. A small brown moth (Phthorimaea
sp??) is common on the heads of Rudbeckia serotina in late summer.
Species in the genus Coleotechnites are leaf miners in conifers.
