Kingdom Animalia Class Insecta Family Pterophoridae Rank Species | Phylum Arthropoda Order Lepidoptera Genus Hellinsia | |
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Similar Hellinsia kellicottii, Hellinsia balanotes, Hellinsia homodactylus | ||
Hellinsia pectodactylus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Europe (the Iberian Peninsula, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sardinia, Greece, Cyprus and southern Russia), the Canary Islands, Kyrgyzstan, Afghanistan, India and North America (including the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario).
The wingspan is 19–20 mm.
The larvae feed on Solidago virgaurea, Aster linosyris and Phagnalon saxatile.
References
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