Biology:Hellinsia osteodactyla

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Hellinsia osteodactyla
Plume Moth on Yarrow Flowers - geograph.org.uk - 910885.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. osteodactyla
Binomial name
Hellinsia osteodactyla
(Zeller, 1841)
Synonyms

Hellinsia osteodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Benelux, Iceland, Ireland and Greece), as well as North Africa and from Asia Minor to Japan . Also known as the small golden-rod plume it was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1841.[1]

Figs.4, 4a larva after final moult

The wingspan is 16–23 millimetres (0.63–0.91 in). Adults are on wing at dusk in July and come to light.[2]

The larvae feed on the flowers and seed-heads of European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea), Senecio nemorensis, silver ragwort (Senecio bicolour) and goldilocks aster (Aster linosyris).[3]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5708133 entry