Hellinsia unicolor

Hellinsia unicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Animalia
Clade:Euarthropoda
Class:Insecta
Order:Lepidoptera
Family:Pterophoridae
Genus:Hellinsia
Species: H. unicolor
Binomial name
Hellinsia unicolor
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus unicolor Barnes & McDunnough, 1913

Hellinsia unicolor is a moth of the family Pterophoridae described by William Barnes and James Halliday McDunnough in 1913. It is found in North America, including Florida,[2] Mississippi,[3] Georgia and Kentucky.

The wingspan is about 14–20 mm. The forewings are a pale straw color, slightly tinged with smoky along the terminal margins of the lobes. The hindwings are pale smoky with lighter silky fringes.[4]

The larvae feed on Eupatorium capillifolium.[5] They bore in the stem and roots of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ "460125.00 – 6226 – Hellinsia unicolor – (Barnes & McDunnough, 1938)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ↑ Patterson, Bob (September 20, 2009). "Species Hellinsia unicolor - Hodges#6226". BugGuide.Net. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  3. ↑ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
  4. ↑ Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America
  5. ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida


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