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Heliozela
Heliozela is a genus of small moths in the family Heliozelidae, described by Herrich-Schäffer in 1853. Species are leaf miners as larvae, feeding internally on host plant leaves. The genus has a Holarctic distribution with records from Europe and North America, and has been reported from southern Brazil. Heliozelidae are among the most primitive lineages of Lepidoptera.