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Small Goldenrod Plume Moth
Hellinsia osteodactylus
Hellinsia osteodactyla is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in most of Europe (except the Benelux, Iceland, Ireland and Greece), as well as North Africa and from Asia Minor to Japan. Also known as the small golden-rod plume it was first described by Philipp Christoph Zeller in 1841.
The wingspan is 16–23 millimetres (0.63–0.91 in). Adults are on wing at dusk in July and come to light.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 483688.