Epiblema desertana

Epiblema scudderiana

Epiblema discretivana

"I found E. desertanum only on the grass leaved goldenrod Solidago graminifolia (L.) Salisb. [Euthamia graminifolia]"
"...limited observations suggest similar [tip-mining] by E. desertana]."
"...E. desertanum galls occasionally ruptured..."

“Hosts of scudderianum in order of decreasing observation frequency were the Canada goldenrod complex, Solidago altissima – canadensis; S. gigantea; S. juncea; S. ulmifolia; S. nemoralis. [He also reared moths from a Florida plant he tentatively identified as camphor-weed, Heterotheca subaxillaris]"

"As far as known, Epiblema species feed on Compositae; the late instar larvae bore into the stems. The three species treated in this paper produce rudimentary galls."

Epiblema discretivanum (Heinrich)

Eucosma discretivana

“mostly on groundsel-tree, Baccharis halimifolia L., but I reared adults also from narrow leaved groundsel, B. angustifolia Michx. and B. glomeruliflora Pers.” 

"Epiblema feed on Compositae; the late instar larvae bore in the stems. The three species treated in this paper produce rudimentary galls."

Biology and taxonomy of three gall forming species of Epiblema (Olethreutidae)