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Hellinsia borbonicus

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

Hellinsia borbonicus is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: Réunion.

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Quick facts about Hellinsia borbonicus

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
1 countrysrc for Countries on record

Where does Hellinsia borbonicus 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 borbonicus is listed for 1 country.

  • Listed
  • Not listed
small islands are not drawn at this scale

The same countries as a list

  1. Réunion

Is Hellinsia borbonicus 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 borbonicus classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusHellinsia
  7. SpeciesHellinsia borbonicus (Gibeaux, 1991)

Synonyms Leioptilus borbonicus, Oidaematophorus borbonicus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of Hellinsia borbonicus

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 borbonicus vs Citron plumeHellinsia borbonicus vs Small goldenrod plumeHellinsia borbonicus vs Goldenrod borerHellinsia borbonicus vs Mugwort plume

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does Hellinsia borbonicus live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list Hellinsia borbonicus for 1 country: Réunion. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is Hellinsia borbonicus?

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

MLA

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

BibTeX
@misc{hellinsia_borbonicus_2026,
  title = {Hellinsia borbonicus (Hellinsia borbonicus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/hellinsia-borbonicus},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}