Biology:Hellinsia lienigianus
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Scientific classification 
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| Domain: | Eukaryota |
| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. lienigianus
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| Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852) [1]
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Hellinsia lienigianus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae which inhabits coastal areas, dry pastures and waste ground and is found in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. Also known as the mugwort plume it was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.
Description
The wingspan is 17–21 millimetres (0.67–0.83 in). Adults are on wing in July in Great Britain.[2]
The colour of the larvae vary from green to brown, and have sparse tufts of white hair along each side. They feed on various Asteraceae species, including mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), sea wormwood (Artemisia maritima), Korean wormwood (Artemisia princeps), florist's daisy (Chrysanthemum morifolium), tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), common cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium), saltmarsh fleabane (Pluchea purpurascens), oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Aspilia latifolia. They form a silken tent-shaped shelter on a leaf, within which it feeds before moving onto another leaf.[3]
Distribution
Hellinsia lienigianus is found in the Palearctic realm (from Europe to Russia , Korea, China and Japan ), India , Southeast Asia, Africa, and Queensland in Australia .
References
- ↑ "Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)". https://fauna-eu.org/cdm_dataportal/taxon/6b254c4b-4772-4cfb-a5ca-a04438d9f3c2. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ↑ Kimber, Ian. "Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)". https://ukmoths.org.uk/species/hellinsia-lienigianus/. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
- ↑ Sterling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (2012). Field Guide to the Micro moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gillingham, Dorset: British Wildlife Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 978 0 9564902 1 6.
External links
Wikidata ☰ Q5708025 entry
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