Hellinsia grandis

Hellinsia grandis, the coyote brush borer plume moth, is a moth of the family Pterophoridae that is found in North America (including California), Mexico and Guatemala.

Hellinsia grandis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. grandis
Binomial name
Hellinsia grandis
(Fish, 1881)[1]
Synonyms
  • Leioptilus grandis Fish, 1881
  • Oidaematophorus grandis
  • Pterophorus grandis
  • Pterophorus baccharides Grinnell, 1908

The wingspan is about 34 millimetres (1.3 in). The head, palpi, antennae, thorax and abdomen are of nearly a uniform pale brownish-ocherous colour. The legs are brownish ocherous. The forewings are pale brownish ocherous, in some species with a few scattered faint brownish dots on the second lobe. The fringes are slightly darker. The hindwings are very slightly browner than forewings, with the fringes still darker.[2] Adults are on wing in August.[3]

The larvae feed on Baccharis pilularis. They bore into the stem of their host plant.[4]

References
  1. Moth Photographers Group
  2. The pterophoridae of North America
  3. "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  4. Bug Guide


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