Hellinsia sulphureodactylus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Animalia
- Phylum
- Arthropoda
- Class
- Insecta
- Order
- Lepidoptera
- Family
- Pterophoridae
- Genus
- Hellinsia
- Species
- Hellinsia sulphureodactylus
- Scientific Name
- Hellinsia sulphureodactylus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Hellinsia sulphureodactylus
Hellinsia sulphureodactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America (including Colorado, California, Iowa and Alberta).
The wingspan is about 25 mm. The head is ochreous. The palpi are whitish yellow, streaked with ochreous and the antennae are long and yellowish tinged with fuscous. The thorax and abdomen are sulphur yellow, streaked with ochreous scales. The legs are whitish ochreous, streaked with brown. The forewings are clear sulphur yellow, slightly tinged with brownish on the outer fourth of the costa. There is a minute brown dot before the base of the fissure. The fringes are pale yellowish white, but cinereous on the hind margin. The hindwings are whitish, thickly dusted with cinereous. The fringes are concolorous.
The larvae have been recorded feeding on Helianthus pumilus.
...Hellinsia sulphureodactylus in languages:
- English
- Sulphur Plume Moth
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Hellinsia acuminatus
- Hellinsia adumbratus
- Hellinsia aegyptiacus
- Hellinsia aethiopicus
- Hellinsia agraphodactylus
- Hellinsia aistleitneri
- Hellinsia albidactylus
- Hellinsia albilobata
- Hellinsia aldabrensis
- Hellinsia alpinus
- Hellinsia ambitiosa
- Hellinsia ambo
- Hellinsia ammonias
- Hellinsia anikini
- Hellinsia ares
- Hellinsia arion
- Hellinsia auster
- Hellinsia australis
- Hellinsia basalis
- Hellinsia basuto
- Hellinsia bawana
- Hellinsia beneficus
- Hellinsia bhutanensis
- Hellinsia bidzilya
- Hellinsia bigoti
- Hellinsia birichevskayae
- Hellinsia borbonicus
- Hellinsia brandbergi
- Hellinsia brucei
- Hellinsia buphthalmi
- Hellinsia cadmus
- Hellinsia calais
- Hellinsia callidus
- Hellinsia carphodactyla
- Hellinsia catalinae
- Hellinsia chamelai
- Hellinsia chewa
- Hellinsia chrysocomae
- Hellinsia cinerariae
- Hellinsia citrites
- Hellinsia cochise
- Hellinsia colubrata
- Hellinsia confusus
- Hellinsia coniodactylus
- Hellinsia conscius
- Hellinsia contortus
- Hellinsia conyzae
- Hellinsia corvus
- Hellinsia costatus
- Hellinsia cristobalis
- Hellinsia devriesi
- Hellinsia didactylites
- Hellinsia distinctus
- Hellinsia elhacha
- Hellinsia emmelinoida
- Hellinsia eparches
- Hellinsia epileucus
- Hellinsia eros
- Hellinsia falsus
- Hellinsia fieldi
- Hellinsia fishii
- Hellinsia fissuralba
- Hellinsia fissuripuncta
- Hellinsia furfurosus
- Hellinsia fusciciliata
- Hellinsia glaphyrotes
- Hellinsia grandaevus
- Hellinsia gratiosus
- Hellinsia gypsotes
- Hellinsia habecki
- Hellinsia hebrus
- Hellinsia helianthi
- Hellinsia hoguei
- Hellinsia homodactylus
- Hellinsia illutus
- Hellinsia imerinae
- Hellinsia inconditus
- Hellinsia innocens
- Hellinsia inquinatus
- Hellinsia integratus
- Hellinsia inulae
- Hellinsia inulaevorus
- Hellinsia investis
- Hellinsia invidiosus
- Hellinsia iobates
- Hellinsia ishiyamanus
- Hellinsia katerina
- Hellinsia kuwayamai
- Hellinsia lacteodactylus
- Hellinsia lacteolus
- Hellinsia lienigianus
- Hellinsia linus
- Hellinsia longifrons
- Hellinsia luteolus
- Hellinsia madecasseus
- Hellinsia mauritius
- Hellinsia medius
- Hellinsia meyricki
- Hellinsia mizar
- Hellinsia mollis
- Hellinsia mongolicus
- Hellinsia monteverda
- Hellinsia muraseae
- Hellinsia namizimu
- Hellinsia nawrothi
- Hellinsia negus
- Hellinsia nephogenes
- Hellinsia nigridactylus
- Hellinsia nodipes
- Hellinsia obandoi
- Hellinsia obscuricilia
- Hellinsia orchatias
- Hellinsia osteodactylus
- Hellinsia oxyntes
- Hellinsia pacifica
- Hellinsia paleaceus
- Hellinsia pan
- Hellinsia paramoi
- Hellinsia paraochracealis
- Hellinsia pectodactylus
- Hellinsia perditus
- Hellinsia phloeochroa
- Hellinsia phoebus
- Hellinsia pollux
- Hellinsia powelli
- Hellinsia pseudobarbata
- Hellinsia pura
- Hellinsia sapucayae
- Hellinsia scripta
- Hellinsia serenus
- Hellinsia serpens
- Hellinsia simplicissimus
- Hellinsia solanoi
- Hellinsia sordidatus
- Hellinsia sphenites
- Hellinsia strauszi
- Hellinsia subnotatus
- Hellinsia subochraceus
- Hellinsia sulphureodactylus
- Hellinsia surinamensis
- Hellinsia tephradactyla
- Hellinsia tepidus
- Hellinsia tetraonipennis
- Hellinsia thor
- Hellinsia thoracica
- Hellinsia timida
- Hellinsia tinctus
- Hellinsia trimmatodactylus
- Hellinsia tripunctata
- Hellinsia triton
- Hellinsia varioides
- Hellinsia varius
- Hellinsia venapunctus
- Hellinsia wrangeliensis
- Hellinsia zakarae


























