Heliodinidae
Heliodinidae, commonly known as sun moths, is a family of small moths with slender bodies and narrow wings. Members of this family are found in most parts of the world. Heliodinid moths are brightly coloured day-flying moths. The base of the haustellum is bare. The scales on the head are compact and appear like a shield. Many Heliodinidae raise their hindlegs when resting but this is not a taxonomic feature and several genera like ''Epicroesa'' and ''Lamprolophus'' do not show this posture. Many Heliodinidae have the inner and outer spurs of the metatibia subequal. The larval host plants of the majority of species are in the Aizoaceae, Amaranthaceae, Chenopodiaceae, Phytolaccaceae, Portulacaceae and Nyctaginaceae, all in the Order Caryophyllales. A few feed on Onagraceae, Araliaceae and Piperaceae. The larvae's feeding strategies include skeletonizing leaves (consumption of most of the leaf while leaving behind the stems), boring into leaf stems, Leaf miner, leaf mining, and opport ...
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Aetole (moth)
''Aetole'' is a genus of moths belonging to the family Heliodinidae, the sun moths. All known species of this genus, like many other sun moths, perch with their hind legs raised. Species ''Aetole'' contains the following species: * ''Aetole aprica'' * ''Aetole bella'' * ''Aetole calcifer'' * ''Aetole calciferoides'' * ''Aetole cera'' * ''Aetole eximia'' * ''Aetole extraneella'' * ''Aetole favonia'' * ''Aetole fulgida'' * ''Aetole galapagoensis'' * ''Aetole insolita'' * ''Aetole inusitata'' * ''Aetole prenticei'' * ''Aetole schulzella'' * ''Aetole tripunctella'' * ''Aetole unipunctella'' References

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