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Baccharis borer

Hellinsia balanotes (Meyrick, 1908)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The baccharis borer (Hellinsia balanotes) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including Australia, Guatemala and Mexico.

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Quick facts about the baccharis borer

Weight
Not recorded
Length
Not recorded
Lifespan
Not recorded
Main food
Not recorded
Habitat
Not recorded
Young per litter or clutch
Not recorded
Conservation status
Not recorded
Countries on record
4 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the baccharis borer live?

Countries where Catalogue of Life checklists list the species. Many checklists carry no country data, so the list is often incomplete. It is not a range map.

The baccharis borer is listed for 4 countries.

United States of AmericaMexicoGuatemalaAustralia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Australia
  2. Guatemala
  3. Mexico
  4. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the baccharis borer endangered?

No conservation assessment is recorded for this species in our sources. That is not the same as being safe: it has not been matched to an assessment.

How is the baccharis borer classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusHellinsia
  7. SpeciesHellinsia balanotes (Meyrick, 1908)

Synonyms Pterophorus aquila, Pterophorus balanotes

Other names and names in other languages (1)
  • Groundsel plume mothEnglish

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the baccharis borer

Other species in the same genus Hellinsia.

Citron plume

Hellinsia carphodactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Mugwort plume

Hellinsia lienigianus

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

Plain plume

Hellinsia tephradactyla

PterophoridaeNo free photo yet

CompareBaccharis borer vs Citron plumeBaccharis borer vs Small goldenrod plumeBaccharis borer vs Goldenrod borerBaccharis borer vs Mugwort plume

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the baccharis borer live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the baccharis borer for 4 countries: Australia, Guatemala, Mexico and United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the baccharis borer?

The baccharis borer (Hellinsia balanotes) belongs to the family Pterophoridae in the order Lepidoptera.

Sources and how to cite this page

Data as of 2026-11-11. How this page is put together.

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APA

CreatureData. (2026). Baccharis borer (Hellinsia balanotes). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/baccharis-borer

MLA

“Baccharis borer (Hellinsia balanotes).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/baccharis-borer.

BibTeX
@misc{baccharis_borer_2026,
  title = {Baccharis borer (Hellinsia balanotes)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/baccharis-borer},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}