Hellinsia inulae

Hellinsia inulae
Hellinsia inulae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. inulae
Binomial name
Hellinsia inulae
(Zeller, 1852)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus inulae Zeller, 1852
  • Pterophorus coniodactylus Staudinger, 1859
  • Oidaematophorus alpinus Gibeaux & Picard, 1992

Hellinsia inulae is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. 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, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Russia, North Africa and Asia Minor.

The wingspan is 18-19 mm.[2]

The larvae feed on Inula britannica, Inula salicina, Inula viscosa and Ditrichia viscosa.[3]

References

  1. ^ Fauna Europaea
  2. ^ lepidoptera.pl
  3. ^ Hellinsia at funet
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