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Species Hellinsia chlorias - Hodges#6212.1

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 chlorias (Hellinsia chlorias - Hodges#6212.1)
Hodges Number
6212.1
Other Common Names
Chlorias plume moth
Synonyms and other taxonomic changes
Hellinsia chlorias (Meyrick, 1908)
Pterophorus chlorias Meyrick, 1908
Formerly a synonym of Hellinsia kellicottii (Fish, 1881)
Size
Meyrick (1907) reported the wingspan as 22–25 mm.
Range
Eastern North America from New York to Colorado and Mississippi.
Season
The adults are most common from January to June; September; November. (1)
Food
Senecio sp.
Solidago sp.
Print References
Meyrick, E., 1907. XXVII. Notes and descriptions of Pterophoridae and Orneodidae. Transactions of the Entomological Society of London. p. 497.