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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Moths » Pterophoroidea » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Pterophorinae » Pterophorini » Hellinsia » Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges#6210 (Hellinsia balanotes)

Species Hellinsia balanotes - Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges#6210

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Food · Remarks · Internet References
Classification
Kingdom Animalia (Animals)
Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)
Class Insecta (Insects)
Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)
No Taxon (Moths)
Superfamily Pterophoroidea
Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)
Subfamily Pterophorinae
Tribe Pterophorini
Genus Hellinsia
Species balanotes (Groundsel Plume Moth - Hodges#6210)
Hodges Number
6210
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Pterophorus aquila
Size
wingspan: 32-45mm
Range
southern United States to northern Mexico.
Introduced to Australia for weed control
Food
larval foodplant: Groundsel Bush - Baccharis halimifolia

also feeds on
Great-Plains Falsewillow Baccharis salicina
Roosevelt Weed - Baccharis neglecta
Saltwater Falsewillow - Baccharis angustifolia
Remarks
large size
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group - species page with photographs of living and pinned adults.
Moth Photographers Group - photograph of living adult and related species for comparison.
Contributed by john and jane balaban on 13 June, 2006 - 10:36am
Additional contributions by Maury Heiman
Last updated 9 September, 2009 - 9:31am

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