Hellinsia lacteodactylus

Hellinsia lacteodactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. lacteodactylus
Binomial name
Hellinsia lacteodactylus
(Chambers, 1873)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus lacteodactylus Chambers, 1873
  • Oidaematophorus lacteodactylus

Hellinsia lacteodactylus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America, including Florida, Mississippi,[2] Kentucky, North Carolina, Colorado, Nova Scotia and British Columbia.

The wingspan is 25–29 mm. Adults are on wing from May to July.[3]

The larvae feed on Solidago species and Eupatorium perfoliatum.[4] They are stemborers.

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  3. ↑ Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America
  4. ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida


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