Hellinsia nigridactylus

Hellinsia nigridactylus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. nigridactylus
Binomial name
Hellinsia nigridactylus
(Yano, 1961)
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus nigridactylus Yano, 1961

Hellinsia nigridactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyushu), Korea, China and Russia.

The wingspan is 14–16 mm[1] and the length of the forewings is 8–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Aster yomena.

References

  1. ^ Kim, Sora; Byun, Bong-Kyu; Park, Kyu-Tek; Lee, Seunghwan (2010-05-24). "Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species". Journal of Natural History. 44 (23–24): 1377–1399. doi:10.1080/00222931003679006.
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