Hellinsia kuwayamai

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Hellinsia kuwayamai
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Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. kuwayamai
Binomial name
Hellinsia kuwayamai
(Matsumura, 1931)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus kuwayamaiMatsumura, 1931
  • Oidaematophorus kuwayamai

Hellinsia kuwayamai is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan (Hokkaido, Honshu, Kyushu), Korea and China.

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

The larvae feed on Aster ageratoides and Aster yomena .

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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.