Goldenrod Plume Moth
Hellinsia kellicottii (Fish, 1881)
Goldenrod Plume Moth: https://marylandbiodiversity.com/species/15298
Synonyms
Golden-rod Boring Plume  Goldenrod Borer  Goldenrod Borer Plume Moth  Hodges #6212 
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7 Records

Status

Dissection is probably required to distinguish this species. Other records are probably best placed at the species complex page.

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Source: Wikipedia

Hellinsia kellicottii
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. kellicottii
Binomial name
Hellinsia kellicottii
(Fish, 1881)
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus kellicottii (Fish, 1881)
  • Oidaematophorus kellicotti (Meyrick, 1910)

Hellinsia kellicottii (goldenrod borer) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in eastern North America, from Massachusetts and New York, south to southern Florida and west to Colorado and Utah. It has also been recorded from Quebec, British Columbia, Arkansas and Wisconsin.

The wingspan is 14–29 mm. Adults are on wing as early as February in Florida and as late as October in New York. There is one generation per year.

The larvae feed on Solidago species.

Taxonomy

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Hellinsia chlorias is sometimes listed as a synonym of Hellinsia kellicottii.

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