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Hellinsia ambo

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Hellinsia ambo is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 4 countries, including Cameroon, Ethiopia and Kenya.

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Quick facts about Hellinsia ambo

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 Hellinsia ambo 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.

Hellinsia ambo is listed for 4 countries.

KenyaCameroonEthiopiaUganda
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Cameroon
  2. Ethiopia
  3. Kenya
  4. Uganda

Is Hellinsia ambo 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 Hellinsia ambo classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusHellinsia
  7. SpeciesHellinsia ambo Ustjuzhanin & Kovtunovich, 2011

Synonyms Hellinsia ruhuruinia

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hellinsia ambo

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

CompareHellinsia ambo vs Citron plumeHellinsia ambo vs Small goldenrod plumeHellinsia ambo vs Goldenrod borerHellinsia ambo vs Mugwort plume

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Hellinsia ambo live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Hellinsia ambo for 4 countries: Cameroon, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Hellinsia ambo?

Hellinsia ambo (Hellinsia ambo) 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). Hellinsia ambo (Hellinsia ambo). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/hellinsia-ambo

MLA

“Hellinsia ambo (Hellinsia ambo).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/hellinsia-ambo.

BibTeX
@misc{hellinsia_ambo_2026,
  title = {Hellinsia ambo (Hellinsia ambo)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hellinsia-ambo},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}