Hellinsia distinctus

Hellinsia distinctus
Hellinsia distinctus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. distinctus
Binomial name
Hellinsia distinctus
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus distinctus Herrich-Schäffer, 1858
  • Leioptilius distinctus
  • Pterophorus sibericus Caradja, 1920
  • Leioptilus zermattensis Müller-Rutz, 1933
  • Oidaematophorus acutus Yano, 1963
  • Oidamatophorus acutus

Hellinsia distinctus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found from Europe (where it is found from Germany and the Benelux east to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania and from Italy north to Fennoscandia. It is also found in Greece, Estonia, Latvia and northern and central Russia[1]) to India, Korea, Japan, China and Russia.

The wingspan is 15-20 mm.

The larvae feed on Antennaria dioica, Gnaphalium luteoalbum, Omalotheca sylvatica, Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia chamaemelifolia.[2]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species

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