Hellinsia ishiyamanus
Hellinsia ishiyamanus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Hellinsia |
Species: | H. ishiyamanus |
Binomial name | |
Hellinsia ishiyamanus (Matsumura, 1931) | |
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Hellinsia ishiyamanus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is known from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Korea and China.
The wingspan is about 19 millimetres (0.75 in)[1] and the length of the forewings is 10โ11 millimetres (0.39โ0.43 in).
The larvae feed on Artemisia vulgaris. They fold a cleft leaf of the host plant to form a tent-like structure. They eat the folded leaf from the inside, leaving the upper epidermis untouched. A single larva may fold one or two leaves.
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