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Milky plume moth

Hellinsia lacteodactylus (Chambers, 1873)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The milky plume moth (Hellinsia lacteodactylus) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 1 country: United States.

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Quick facts about the milky plume moth

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 the milky plume moth 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 milky plume moth is listed for 1 country.

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

The same countries as a list

  1. United States

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the milky plume moth 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 milky plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusHellinsia
  7. SpeciesHellinsia lacteodactylus (Chambers, 1873)

Synonyms Pterophorus lacteodactylus

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the milky plume moth

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

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Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the milky plume moth live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the milky plume moth for 1 country: United States. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the milky plume moth?

The milky plume moth (Hellinsia lacteodactylus) 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). Milky plume moth (Hellinsia lacteodactylus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/milky-plume-moth

MLA

“Milky plume moth (Hellinsia lacteodactylus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/milky-plume-moth.

BibTeX
@misc{milky_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Milky plume moth (Hellinsia lacteodactylus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/milky-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}