Aspilanta

Aspilanta
Adult male A. oinophylla
Adult female A. viticordifoliella
Scientific classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Heliozelidae
Genus: Aspilanta
van Nieukerken & Eiseman, 2020
Type species
Antispila oinophylla
van Nieukerken & Wagner, 2012
Synonyms
  • Antispila ampelopsifoliella group van Nieukerken et al. 2012
  • Antispila “group II” Milla et al. 2019

Aspilanta is a genus of very small moths in the family Heliozelidae that is native to North America. The larvae are leaf miners. Most Aspilanta species feed on Vitaceae with the exception of A. hydrangaeella and A. argentifera, which feed on species of hydrangea and Myricaceae respectively. The name of the genus is a partial anagram of Antispila.