Biology:Hellinsia ishiyamanus

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Hellinsia ishiyamanus
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. ishiyamanus
Binomial name
Hellinsia ishiyamanus
(Matsumura, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus ishiyamanus Matsumura, 1931
  • Oidaematophorus ishiyamanus

Hellinsia ishiyamanus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Korea and China .

The wingspan is about 19 millimetres (0.75 in)[1] and the length of the forewings is 10–11 millimetres (0.39–0.43 in).

The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris.

References

  1. Kim, Sora; Byun, Bong-Kyu; Park, Kyu-Tek; Lee, Seunghwan (2010-05-24). "Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species". Journal of Natural History 44 (23-24): 1377–1399. doi:10.1080/00222931003679006. 

External links

Wikidata ☰ Q5707991 entry