Hellinsia didactylites

Hellinsia didactylites
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
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, [1813]
  • Alucita icarodactyla Treitschke, 1833

Hellinsia didactylites is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. 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.[1]

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. Retrieved 18 March 2010.


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