Hellinsia ishiyamanus

Hellinsia ishiyamanus
Hellinsia ishiyamanus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. ishiyamanus
Binomial name
Hellinsia ishiyamanus
(Matsumura, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus ishiyamanus Matsumura, 1931
  • Oidaematophorus ishiyamanus

Hellinsia ishiyamanus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is known from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu), Korea and China.

The wingspan is about 19 mm[1] and the length of the forewings is 10-11 mm.

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.

References

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

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