Hellinsia inulae
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Hellinsia inulae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Hellinsia |
Species: | H. inulae |
Binomial name | |
Hellinsia inulae Zeller, 1852 | |
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Hellinsia inulae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Cyprus and in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Greece, Russia, North Africa and Asia Minor.[1]
The wingspan is 18–19 millimetres (0.71–0.75 in).
The larvae feed on Inula britannica, Inula salicina, Inula viscosa and Dittrichia viscosa.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Hellinsia inulae (Zeller, 1852)". Fauna Europaea. 2.6.2. August 29, 2013. Archived from the original on October 14, 2012. Retrieved February 17, 2015.
- ^ Hellinsia at funet