''Eteobalea enchrysa'' is a

moth Moths are a paraphyletic group of insects that includes all members of the order Lepidoptera that are not butterflies, with moths making up the vast majority of the order. There are thought to be approximately 160,000 species of moth, many of w ...

in the family

Cosmopterigidae The Cosmopterigidae are a family of insects (cosmet moths) in the order Lepidoptera. These are small moths with narrow wings whose tiny larvae feed internally on the leaves, seeds and stems of their host plants. About 1500 species are described. ...

. It is found in

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, where it has been recorded from

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/ref> Adults have been recorded on wing from April to June. The larvae feed on ''

Trichostema lanatum ''Trichostema lanatum'', the woolly bluecurls, is a small evergreen shrub or sub-shrub native to arid coastal chaparral regions of California and the northern parts of Baja California. ''Trichostema lanatum'' is many-branched and grows to 1.5&nb ...

''. Larval feeding causes stem galls.

References

Natural History Museum Lepidoptera generic names catalog
Eteobalea Moths described in 1962 {{Cosmopteriginae-stub