Hellinsia chrysocomae

Hellinsia chrysocomae
Hellinsia chrysocomae
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. chrysocomae
Binomial name
Hellinsia chrysocomae
(Ragonot, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Leioptilus chrysocomae Ragonot, 1875
  • Oidaematophorus bowesi Whalley, 1960
  • Leioptilus gozmanyi Bigot, 1969

The Scarse Goldenrod Plume Moth (Hellinsia chrysocomae) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland and southern Russia.

The wingspan is about 18 mm.

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of Jacobaea vulgaris, Aster linosyris and Solidago virgaurea.

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