Biology:Hellinsia unicolor
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Short description: Species of moth
| Hellinsia unicolor | |
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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. unicolor
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| Binomial name | |
| Hellinsia unicolor (Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)[1]
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Hellinsia unicolor is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in North America, including Florida,[2] Mississippi,[3] Georgia and Kentucky.
The wingspan is about 14–20 mm. The forewings are a pale straw color, slightly tinged with smoky along the terminal margins of the lobes. The hindwings are pale smoky with lighter silky fringes.[4]
The larvae feed on Eupatorium capillifolium.[5] They bore in the stem and roots of their host plant.
References
- ↑ "460125.00 – 6226 – Hellinsia unicolor – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1938)". Mississippi State University. http://mothphotographersgroup.msstate.edu/species.php?hodges=6226. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ↑ Patterson, Bob (September 20, 2009). "Species Hellinsia unicolor - Hodges#6226". http://bugguide.net/node/view/335128.
- ↑ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)". Southern Lepidopterists' News 32 (2): 50–55. http://www.plumemoth.com/MatherSLS.pdf.
- ↑ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America
- ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida
Wikidata ☰ Q15639675 entry
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