Hellinsia lienigianus ( Zeller, 1852 )

Pathania, Prakash C., Das, Apurva & Chandra, Kailash, 2021, Catalogue of superfamily Pterophoroidea Kuznetsov & Stekolnikov (Lepidoptera) of India, Zootaxa 4915 (2), pp. 201-236 : 211

39. Hellinsia lienigianus ( Zeller, 1852) ( Plate 3 , Fig. 5)

Pterophorus lienigianus Zeller, 1852 ; Linnaea Entomologica, 6: 380.

Pterophorus melinodactylus Herrich-Schäffer, 1855 ; Systematische Bearbeitung der Schmetterlinge von Europa, 5: 379.

Leioptilus serindibanus Moore, 1887 ; Lepidoptera of Ceylon, 3: 527.

Pterophorus sericeodactylus Pagenstecher, 1900 ; Zoologica, 29: 240.

Pterophorus victorianus Strand, 1913 ; Archiv für Naturgeschichte, 78: 130.

Pterophorus hirosakianus Matsumura, 1931 ; 6000 Illustrated Insects of the Japan-Empire: 1056.

Oidaematophorus mutuurai Yano, 1963 ; Pacific Ins ects, 5: 180.

TL: Latvia.

Distribution: India, Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium, Bismarck Islands, Bulgaria, China, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Hungary, Iran, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Netherlands, Norway, Philippines, Poland, Rep. South Africa, Romania, Russia, Serbia, Silesia, Slovakia, Sri Lanka, Sweden, Switzerland, Syria, Taiwan, Vietnam, Zimbabwe.

Host: Larvae on leaves of Saccharum spontaneum (Poaceae) , Solanum melongena (Solanaceae) , Artemisia vulgaris , A. maritima , A. campestris , A. princeps , and Leucanthemum vulgare (Asteraceae) .

Illustrations: Wing venation, male and female genitalia ( Gielis 1993: fig. 80, Gielis 1996: figs 120, 256).

Figures

PLATE 3. Adult photographs of family Pterophoridae