Hellinsia chrysocomae

Hellinsia chrysocomae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. chrysocomae
Binomial name
Hellinsia chrysocomae
(Ragonot, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Leioptilus chrysocomae Ragonot, 1875
  • Oidaematophorus bowesi Whalley, 1960
  • Leioptilus gozmanyi Bigot, 1969

Hellinsia chrysocomae, the scarse goldenrod plume moth, is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is known from Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland and southern Russia.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in).

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of Jacobaea vulgaris, Aster linosyris and Solidago virgaurea.

References

  1. ↑ "Hellinsia chrysocomae Ragonot, 1875". 2.6.1. Fauna Europaea. May 24, 2013. Retrieved May 24, 2013.
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