Biology:Hellinsia inulae

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Short description: Species of plume moth

Hellinsia inulae
Scientific classification edit
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. inulae
Binomial name
Hellinsia inulae
Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus inulae Zeller, 1852
  • Pterophorus coniodactylus Staudinger, 1859
  • Oidaematophorus alpinus Gibeaux & Picard, 1992

Hellinsia inulae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Cyprus and in Germany , Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland , Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Greece, Russia , North Africa and Asia Minor.[1]

The wingspan is 18–19 millimetres (0.71–0.75 in).

The larvae feed on Inula britannica, Inula salicina, Inula viscosa and Dittrichia viscosa.[2]

References

Wikidata ☰ Q5707967 entry