Hellinsia pectodactylus | |
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Scientific classification ![]() | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Hellinsia |
Species: | H. pectodactylus
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Binomial name | |
Hellinsia pectodactylus (Staudinger, 1859)
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Hellinsia pectodactylus is a species of moth in the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Europe (the Iberian Peninsula, France, Germany, Switzerland, Sardinia, Greece, Cyprus and southern Russia), the Canary Islands,[1] Kyrgyzstan,[2] Afghanistan,[3] India[4] and North America (including the Rocky Mountains, Oregon, Alberta, British Columbia, Ontario).[5]
The larvae feed on Solidago virgaurea, Aster linosyris and Phagnalon saxatile.[7]