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Species Hellinsia glenni - Glenn's Plume Moth - Hodges#6214

Stem and root borer, goldenrod - Hellinsia glenni

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Classification

Kingdom Animalia (Animals)

Phylum Arthropoda (Arthropods)

Subphylum Hexapoda (Hexapods)

Class Insecta (Insects)

Order Lepidoptera (Butterflies and Moths)

Superfamily Pterophoroidea (Plume Moths)

Family Pterophoridae (Plume Moths)

Subfamily Pterophorinae (Five-lobed Plume Moths)

Tribe Oidaematophorini

Genus Hellinsia

Species glenni (Glenn's Plume Moth - Hodges#6214)

Hodges Number

6214

Explanation of Names

Author: Cashatt, 1972

Food

Larvae are stem borers in asters (including Symphyotrichum lanceolatum, S. ?lateriflorum, and S. lentum) and goldenrods (including Solidago canadensis).

Print References

Matthews, D. L. and T. A. Lott. 2005. Larval hostplants of the Pterophoridae (Lepidoptera: Pterophoroidea). Memoirs of the American Entomological Institute 76:1-324.

Internet References

Moth Photographers Group

Contributed by Charley Eiseman on 12 November, 2017 - 9:32pm
Additional contributions by treichard
Last updated 16 August, 2023 - 7:28pm

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