Hellinsia unicolor

Hellinsia unicolor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. unicolor
Binomial name
Hellinsia unicolor
(Barnes & McDunnough, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus unicolor Barnes & McDunnough, 1913

Hellinsia unicolor is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America, including Florida,[2] Mississippi,[3] Georgia and Kentucky.

The wingspan is about 14–20 mm. The forewings are pale straw-color, slightly tinged with smoky along the terminal margins of the lobes. The hindwings are pale smoky with lighter silky fringes.[4]

The larvae feed on Eupatorium capillifolium.[5] They bore in the stem and roots of their host plant.

References

  1. ↑ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ↑ Bug Guide
  3. ↑ Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  4. ↑ Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America
  5. ↑ Annotated Checklist of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera) of Florida


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