Hellinsia chrysocomae
Species of plume moth
Hellinsia chrysocomae | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Hellinsia |
Species: | H. chrysocomae |
Binomial name | |
Hellinsia chrysocomae (Ragonot, 1875) | |
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Hellinsia chrysocomae, also known as the scarce goldenrod plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, found in Great Britain, France, Germany, Switzerland and southern Russia.[1]
The wingspan is about 18 millimetres (0.71 in).
The larvae feed on the flowers and seeds of ragwort (Jacobaea vulgaris), goldilocks aster (Aster linosyris) and European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea).[2]
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