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Hellinsia didactylites

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Species of plume moth

Hellinsia didactylites
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. didactylites
Binomial name
Hellinsia didactylites
(Ström, 1783)
Synonyms
  • Phalaena didactylites Ström, 1783
  • Alucita didactylites (Ström, 1783)
  • Alucita scarodactyla Hübner,
  • Alucita icarodactyla Treitschke, 1833

Hellinsia didactylites is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Iceland, Ireland, Great Britain, the Iberian Peninsula and most of the Balkan Peninsula), east into Russia.

The wingspan is 19–23 millimetres (0.75–0.91 in).

The larvae feed on various Hieracium species including: Hieracium umbellatum, Hieracium prenanthoides, Hieracium amplexicaule, Hieracium murorum, Hieracium lachenalii and Hieracium sylvaticum.

References

  1. "Hellinsia didactylites, (Strom, 1783)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved 18 March 2010.

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Taxon identifiers
Hellinsia didactylites


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