Hellinsia pectodactylus (Staudinger, 1859)
on Asteraceae
parasite
The larvae bore in the flowers.
host plants
Asteraceae, oligophagous
Galatella linosyris; Solidago virgaurea; Phagnalon saxatile.
The three hostplants form a surprisingly heterogeneous group (Galatella, Solidago: Astereae; Phagnalon: Gnaphalieae). Phagnalon is recorded by Walsingham (1908) as a host plant of Pterophorus melanoschisma, an endemic of the Canary Islands, considered synonymous with pectodactylus.
distribution within Europe
synonyms
Hellinsia pectodactyla; Pterophorus melanoschisma Walsingham, 1908.
references
Arenberger & Baez (2011a), Gielis (1996a).