Hellinsia albidactylus

Hellinsia albidactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is known from Japan (Honshu), Korea, China and Russia.[1]

Hellinsia albidactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. albidactylus
Binomial name
Hellinsia albidactylus
(Yano, 1963)
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus albidactylus Yano, 1963

The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in) and the length of the forewings is 10โ€“11 mm.

The larvae feed on Asteraceae species.

References

  1. Kim, Sora; Byun, Bong-Kyu; Park, Kyu-Tek; Lee, Seunghwan (2010-05-24). "Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species". Journal of Natural History. 44 (23โ€“24): 1377โ€“1399. doi:10.1080/00222931003679006.


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