Hellinsia pectodactylus

Hellinsia pectodactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. pectodactylus
Binomial name
Hellinsia pectodactylus
(Staudinger, 1859)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus pectodactyla Staudinger, 1859
  • Hellinsia pectodactyla
  • Lioptilus angustus Walsingham, 1880
  • Lioptilus stramineus Walsingham, 1880
  • Pterophorus melanoschisma Walsingham, 1908

Hellinsia pectodactylus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Europe (the Iberian Peninsula, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sardinia, Greece, Cyprus and southern Russia), the Canary Islands,[1] Kyrgyzstan,[2] Afghanistan,[3] India[4] and North America (including the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario).[5]

The wingspan is 19–20 mm.[6]

The larvae feed on Solidago virgaurea, Aster linosyris and Phagnalon saxatile.[7]

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