Biology:Hellinsia chrysocomae

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Hellinsia chrysocomae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. chrysocomae
Binomial name
Hellinsia chrysocomae
(Ragonot, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Leioptilus chrysocomae Ragonot, 1875
  • Oidaematophorus bowesi Whalley, 1960
  • Leioptilus gozmanyi Bigot, 1969

Hellinsia chrysocomae, also known as the scarce goldenrod plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, found in Great Britain, France , Germany , Switzerland and southern Russia .[1]

The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in).

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), goldilocks aster (Aster linosyris) and European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea).[2]

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5707790 entry