Hellinsia nigridactylus

Hellinsia nigridactylus
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. nigridactylus
Binomial name
	Hellinsia nigridactylus; (Yano, 1961)
Synonyms
	Oidaematophorus nigridactylus Yano, 1961;

Hellinsia nigridactylus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is known from Japan (Honshū, Kyushu), Korea, China and Russia.

The wingspan is 14–16 mm[1] and the length of the forewings is 8–9 mm.

The larvae feed on Aster yomena. They usually fold three or four terminal leaves of the host plant and feed on the folded leaves from the inside, or fold a leaf and feed on patches of the under green tissue of the under surface, leaving the upper epidermis untouched. It may also refrain from folding a leaf, but feed directly on the under surface of a leaf, also leaving the upper epidermis untouched. Pupation usually takes place on the upper surface of the midrib of a leaf and directs to the base of a leaf.

References

Kim, Sora; Byun, Bong-Kyu; Park, Kyu-Tek; Lee, Seunghwan (2010-05-24). "Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species". Journal of Natural History. 44 (23–24): 1377–1399. doi:10.1080/00222931003679006.

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[1] Kim, Sora; Byun, Bong-Kyu; Park, Kyu-Tek; Lee, Seunghwan (2010-05-24). "Taxonomic study of the tribe Oidaematophorini (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae) from Korea, with descriptions of the two new species". Journal of Natural History. 44 (23–24): 1377–1399. doi:10.1080/00222931003679006.