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Hellinsia tephradactyla

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Species of moth
Hellinsia tephradactyla
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. tephradactyla
Binomial name
Hellinsia tephradactyla
(Hübner, 1813)
Synonyms
  • Alucita tephradactyla Hübner, 1813
  • Euleioptilus tephradactyla (Hübner, 1813)

Hellinsia tephradactyla (also known as the plain plume) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae found in most of Europe (except Iceland, the Iberian Peninsula, Ukraine and Croatia).[1] It was first described by the German taxonomist Jacob Hübner in 1813.

Fig. 3 larva after final moult

The wingspan is 18–23 millimetres (0.71–0.91 in). The forewings are ochreous whitish, irrorated with pale grey and blackish and with a blackish dot in the disc at 1/3. There two transversely placed blackish dots at the base of the fissure, and two or three on the margins of each segment towards the apex . The cilia are grey,on the costa whitish-ochreous towards the apex. The hindwings are grey with a darker dot at the apex of each segment. The larva is green with a double greyish dorsal line. The head is pale yellowish.[2] [3]

Adults are on wing in July.[4] Larvae of the plain plume feed on European goldenrod (Solidago virgaurea ), false aster (Aster bellidiastrum ) and common daisy (Bellis perennis ). Feeding is either on the flowers and seed heads or on the underside of leaves, depending on the source.[4] [5]

References

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  1. ^ "Hellinsia tephradactyla (Hübner, 1813)". Fauna Europaea. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 18 March 2010.
  2. ^ Meyrick, E., 1895 A Handbook of British Lepidoptera MacMillan, London pdf Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain. Keys and description
  3. ^ Gielis, C., 1996. Pterophoridae. - In P. Huerner, O. Karsholt and L. Lyneborg (eds): Microlepidoptera of Europe 1: 1-222. ISBN 87-88757-36-6 ISSN 1395-9506
  4. ^ a b Kimber, Ian. "Hellinsia tephradactyla (Hübner, [1813])". UKmoths. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
  5. ^ Ellis, W N. "Hellinsia tephradactyla (Hübner,1813) plain plume". Plant Parasites of Europe. Retrieved 6 August 2020.
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