Biology:Hellinsia didactylites

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Hellinsia didactylites
Hellinsia didactylites.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. didactylites
Binomial name
Hellinsia didactylites
(Ström, 1783)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena didactylites Ström, 1783
  • Alucita didactylites (Ström, 1783)
  • Alucita scarodactyla Hübner, [1813]
  • Alucita icarodactyla Treitschke, 1833

Hellinsia didactylites is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula), east into Russia .[1]

Hellinsia didactylites1.jpg

The wingspan is 19–23 millimetres (0.75–0.91 in).

The larvae feed on various Hieracium species including: Hieracium umbellatum, Hieracium prenanthoides, Hieracium amplexicaule, Hieracium murorum, Hieracium lachenalii and Hieracium sylvaticum.

References

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5707854 entry