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Heliolonche pictipennis

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Heliolonche pictipennis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Noctuidae
Genus: Heliolonche
Species:
H. pictipennis
Binomial name
Heliolonche pictipennis
(Grotte, 1875)
Synonyms
  • Heliosea pictipennis Grote, 1875
  • Heliolonche defasciata (Benjamin, 1936)
  • Heliolonche cresina (Smith, 1906)
  • Melicleptria cresina Smith, 1906

Heliolonche pictipennis is a species of moth of the family Noctuidae. It is found in North America, including California and Arizona.

The wingspan is 16–17 mm.

The larvae feed on Malacothrix glabrata and Rafinesquia neomexicana.

Moth on desert dandelion
Heliolonche pictipennis on desert dandelion, Malacothrix fendleri
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