Hellinsia kuwayamai

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

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

The wingspan is about 16 mm[1] and the length of the forewings is 8–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Aster ageratoides and Aster yomena.

References

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