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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Pterophorinae » Pterophorini » Hellinsia » Hellinsia inquinatus - Hodges#6186 (Hellinsia inquinatus)

Species Hellinsia inquinatus - Hodges#6186

Classification · Hodges Number · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Identification · Habitat · Season · Food · Remarks · Print References · Internet References

Hellinsia inquinatus - Hodges #6186 - Hellinsia inquinatus

Pterophoridae: Hellinsia inquinatus - Hellinsia inquinatus

Black-marked Plume Moth - Hellinsia inquinatus

Hellinsia inquinatus - Hellinsia inquinatus

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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

Tribe Pterophorini

Genus Hellinsia

Species inquinatus (Hellinsia inquinatus - Hodges#6186)

Hodges Number

6186

Synonyms and other taxonomic changes

Zeller 1873

Oedematophorus inquinatus, Oidaematophorus inquinatus, Pterophorus inquinatus

Size

15 to 22 mm wingspan. 8 to 10 mm long.

Identification

MJ emailed Dr. Deborah Matthews regarding

Her response cautions us that this is currently a complex of three species:

"For now I would move them to inquinatus and keep the determination as tentative. The three in the "complex" are inquinatus, eros, and pan. At some point I'll take a closer look at these and compare the types and long series of dissections as well as CO1 barcodes. The female genitalia may be more helpful than the males in this case." Dr D. L. Matthews - Jan. 2019

Habitat

Forest edges, meadows.

Season

June to September.

Food

Ragweed Ambrosia artemisiifolia

Remarks

Types:

Holotype as Oedematophorus inquinatus by Zeller, 1873. Type Locality: Texas. In the British Museum of Natural History, London, England.

Print References

References:

Verhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Koniglichen Zoologisch-Botanischen Gesellschaft in Wien, 1873, Vol. 23 by Zeller, pg. 325.

Contributions to the Natural History of the Lepidoptera of North America, 1917, Vol. 4 by Barnes & McDunnough, pp. 402-403.

Cornell University Agricultural Experiment Station, 1923, Memoir #68, by Forbes, pg. 649.

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Contributed by tom murray on 12 December, 2009 - 1:19pm
Additional contributions by john and jane balaban, lee_penner
Last updated 30 March, 2020 - 1:08pm

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