Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pterophoridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hellinsia | |
Similar Ancylosis convexella, Hellinsia tephradactyla, Hellinsia didactylites, Crombrugghia distans, Oxyptilus chrysodactyla | ||
Hellinsia inulae is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found on the Canary Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Cyprus and in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Republic of Macedonia, Greece, Russia, North Africa and Asia Minor.
The wingspan is 18–19 millimetres (0.71–0.75 in).
The larvae feed on Inula britannica, Inula salicina, Inula viscosa and Dittrichia viscosa.
References
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