Hellinsia inulae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
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

  1. "Hellinsia inulae (Zeller, 1852)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
  2. Hellinsia at funet


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