Hellinsia osteodactyla

Hellinsia osteodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Benelux, Iceland, Ireland and Greece), as well as North Africa and from Asia Minor to Japan.

Hellinsia osteodactyla
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. osteodactyla
Binomial name
Hellinsia osteodactyla
(Zeller, 1841)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus osteodactylus Zeller, 1841
  • Leioptilus cinerariae Millière, 1869
  • Hellinsia osteodactylus auct.
  • Oidaematophorus osteodactylus
  • Leioptilus trimmatodactylus Christoph, 1872

The wingspan is 16–23 millimetres (0.63–0.91 in). Adults are on wing at dusk in July.

The larvae feed on the flowers and seed-heads of Solidago virgaurea, Senecio nemorensis, Senecio bicolour and Aster linosyris.


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