Hellinsia distinctus
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Animalia |
| Phylum: | Arthropoda |
| Class: | Insecta |
| Order: | Lepidoptera |
| Family: | Pterophoridae |
| Genus: | Hellinsia |
| Species: | H. distinctus
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| Binomial name | |
| Hellinsia distinctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)
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Hellinsia distinctus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found from Europe to India, Korea, Japan, China and Russia. Within Europe, it is found from Germany and the Benelux east to Poland, Slovakia, Hungary and Romania, from Italy north to Fennoscandia, and in Greece, Estonia, Latvia and northern and central Russia.[1]
The wingspan is 15–20 millimetres (0.59–0.79 in).
The larvae feed on Antennaria dioica, Gnaphalium luteoalbum, Omalotheca sylvatica, Artemisia absinthium and Artemisia chamaemelifolia.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Hellinsia distinctus (Herrich-Schäffer, 1855)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 21 June 2011.
- ^ Kim, Sora; Byun, Bong-Kyu; Park, Kyu-Tek; Lee, Seunghwan (2010-05-24). "Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species". Journal of Natural History. 44 (23–24): 1377–1399. doi:10.1080/00222931003679006.
External links[]
- Taxonomic And Biological Studies Of Pterophoridae Of Japan (Lepidoptera)
- Japanese Moths
- Swedish Lepidoptera
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Categories:
- Hellinsia
- Moths described in 1855
- Plume moths of Asia
- Plume moths of Europe
- Taxa named by Gottlieb August Wilhelm Herrich-Schäffer
- Oidaematophorini stubs