Family Heliozelidae (Shield Bearer Moths)

The Heliozelidae are very small moths of the superfamily Incurvarioidea. Known as the Shield Bearer Moths, the Heliozelidae are a small group represented by three genera in North America, <em>Antispila</em>, <em>Heliozela</em>, and <em>Coptodisca</em>. They are small, metallic, day-flying moths with shiny smooth heads. The larvae are leaf miners of woody plants and their vacated leaf mines are distinctive because the larvae leaves a single large hole at the end.