Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pterophoridae Scientific name Hellinsia chrysocomae | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hellinsia Rank Species | |
Similar Hellinsia tephradactyla, Hellinsia didactylites, Oidaematophorus, Hellinsia, Platyptilia calodactyla | ||
Hellinsia chrysocomae, the scarse goldenrod plume moth, is a moth of the Pterophoridae family that is known from Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland and southern Russia.
The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in).
The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of Jacobaea vulgaris, Aster linosyris and Solidago virgaurea.
References
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