Hellinsia madecasseus | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Eukaryota |
Kingdom: | Animalia |
Phylum: | Arthropoda |
Class: | Insecta |
Order: | Lepidoptera |
Family: | Pterophoridae |
Genus: | Hellinsia |
Species: | H. madecasseus
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Binomial name | |
Hellinsia madecasseus (Bigot, 1964)[1]
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Hellinsia madecasseus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae.
It is known from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Madagascar, Tanzania, Réunion, South Africa, Uganda and Malawi.[3]
The larvae of this species feeds on Tithonia diversifolia and Acanthospermum hispidum (Asteraceae).[4]