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Home » Guide » Arthropods (Arthropoda) » Hexapods (Hexapoda) » Insects (Insecta) » Butterflies and Moths (Lepidoptera) » Plume Moths (Pterophoroidea) » Plume Moths (Pterophoridae) » Five-lobed Plume Moths (Pterophorinae) » Oidaematophorini » Hellinsia » Hellinsia chlorias - Hodges#6212.1 (Hellinsia chlorias)

Species Hellinsia chlorias - Hodges#6212.1

Classification · Hodges Number · Other Common Names · Synonyms and other taxonomic changes · Size · Range · Season · Food · Print References · Internet References · Works Cited
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.
Internet References
Moth Photographers Group (2)
Pterophoridae of North America
The Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD) (3)
Butterflies and Moths of North America (BAMONA) (4)
Works Cited
1.Arthropods of Florida and Neighboring Land Areas: Lepidoptera of Florida
J.B. Heppner. 2003. Florida Department of Agriculture 17(1): 1-670.
2.North American Moth Photographers Group
3.BOLD: The Barcode of Life Data Systems
4.Butterflies of North America
Contributed by Maury J. Heiman on 30 January, 2014 - 9:47am
Last updated 27 March, 2014 - 11:54am

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