Hellinsia chrysocomae

Hellinsia chrysocomae
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. chrysocomae
Binomial name
Hellinsia chrysocomae
(Ragonot, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Leioptilus chrysocomae Ragonot, 1875
  • Oidaematophorus bowesi Whalley, 1960
  • Leioptilus gozmanyi Bigot, 1969

Hellinsia chrysocomae, also known as the scarce goldenrod plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, found in Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland and southern Russia.[1]

The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in).

The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), goldilocks aster (Aster linosyris) and European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea).[2]

References

  1. ^ "Hellinsia chrysocomae (Ragonot, 1875)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  2. ^ Ellis, W N. "Hellinsia chrysocomae (Ragonot, 1875) scarce goldendrod plume". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 19 August 2020.


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