Hellinsia lienigianus

Hellinsia lienigianus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Eukaryota
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. lienigianus
Binomial name
	Hellinsia lienigianus; (Zeller, 1852)
Synonyms
	List Pterophorus lienigianus Zeller, 1852; Ovendenia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852); Oidaematophorus lienigianus; Pterophorus melinodactylus Herrich-Schäffer, 1855; Leioptilus serindibanus Moore, 1887; Leioptilus sericeodactylus Pagenstecher, 1900; Pterophorus victorianus Strand, 1913; Pterophorus hirosakianus Matsumura, 1931; Pterophorus lienigianus catharodactylus Caradja, 1920; Oidaematophorus mutuurai Yano, 1963; Pterophorus scarodactylus Becker, 1861; ;

Hellinsia lienigianus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae which inhabits coastal areas, dry pastures and waste ground and is found in Africa, Asia, Australia and Europe. Also known as the mugwort plume it was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1852.

Description edit

The wingspan is 17–21 millimetres (0.67–0.83 in). Adults are on wing in July in Great Britain.^[2]

Figure 2 larva after final moult, Fig. 2a affected leaves of foodplant (mugwort) rolling up the wool beneath the leaves

The colour of the larvae vary from green to brown, and have sparse tufts of white hair along each side. They feed on various Asteraceae species, including mugwort (Artemisia vulgaris), sea wormwood (Artemisia maritima), Korean wormwood (Artemisia princeps), florist's daisy (Chrysanthemum morifolium), tansy (Tanacetum vulgare), common cocklebur (Xanthium strumarium), saltmarsh fleabane (Pluchea purpurascens), oxeye daisy (Leucanthemum vulgare) and Aspilia latifolia. They form a silken tent-shaped shelter on a leaf, within which it feeds before moving onto another leaf.^[3]

Distribution edit

Hellinsia lienigianus is found in the Palearctic realm (from Europe to Russia, Korea, China and Japan), India, Southeast Asia, Africa, and Queensland in Australia.

References edit

^ "Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Kimber, Ian. "Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)". UKmoths. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
^ Sterling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (2012). Field Guide to the Micro moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gillingham, Dorset: British Wildlife Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 978 0 9564902 1 6.

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[1] "Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)". Fauna Europaea. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[2] Kimber, Ian. "Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)". UKmoths. Retrieved 12 August 2020.

[3] Sterling, Phil; Parsons, Mark; Lewington, Richard (2012). Field Guide to the Micro moths of Great Britain and Ireland. Gillingham, Dorset: British Wildlife Publishing. p. 196. ISBN 978 0 9564902 1 6.

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