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Hellinsia distinctus

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Species of plume moth

Hellinsia distinctus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. distinctus
Binomial name
Hellinsia distinctus
(Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus distinctus Herrich-Schäffer, 1858
  • Leioptilius distinctus
  • Pterophorus sibericus Caradja, 1920
  • Leioptilus zermattensis Müller-Rutz, 1933
  • Oidaematophorus acutus Yano, 1963
  • Oidamatophorus acutus

Hellinsia distinctus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found from Europe to India, Korea, Japan, China and Russia. Within Europe, it is found from Germany and the Benelux east to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, from Italy north to Fennoscandia, and in Greece, Estonia, Latvia and northern and central Russia.

The wingspan is 15–20 millimetres (0.59–0.79 in).

The larvae feed on Antennaria dioica, Gnaphalium luteoalbum, Omalotheca sylvatica, Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia chamaemelifolia.

References

  1. "Hellinsia distinctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
  2. 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 (23–24): 1377–1399. doi:10.1080/00222931003679006. S2CID 86607316.

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Taxon identifiers
Hellinsia distinctus


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