Hellinsia pectodactylus explained

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 wingspan is 19–20 mm.[6]

The larvae feed on Solidago virgaurea, Aster linosyris and Phagnalon saxatile.[7]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Hellinsia pectodactylus (Staudinger, 1859). https://web.archive.org/web/20121014163558/http://www.faunaeur.org/full_results.php?id=437956. dead. October 14, 2012. Fauna Europaea. 2.5. July 23, 2012. November 26, 2012.
  2. http://www.landesmuseum.at/pdf_frei_remote/Quad_2_0215-0226.pdf Pterophoridae aus Zentralasien und angrenzenden Territorien.- 2. Teil (Lepidoptera)
  3. https://archive.org/stream/CentreForEntomologicalStudiesAnkaraPriamusSupplement19/Pri19_djvu.txt Pterygot Insects of Afghanistan - A tentative synonymic list of the species known in Afghanistan
  4. http://zsi.gov.in/checklist/Family%20Pterophoridae.pdf Zoological Survey of India
  5. http://bugguide.net/node/view/495076 Bug Guide
  6. http://www.lepiforum.de/cgi-bin/lepiwiki.pl?Hellinsia_Pectodactylus lepiforum.de
  7. http://ftp.funet.fi/index/Tree_of_life/insecta/lepidoptera/ditrysia/pterophoroidea/pterophoridae/pterophorinae/hellinsia/index.html Hellinsia at funet

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