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Mugwort plume

Hellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The mugwort plume (Hellinsia lienigianus) is a species in the family Pterophoridae, order Lepidoptera. Source checklists list it for 37 countries, including Armenia, Australia and Austria.

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Quick facts about the mugwort plume

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
37 countriessrc for Countries on record

Where does the mugwort plume 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 mugwort plume is listed for 37 countries.

RussiaNorwaySouth AfricaFranceZimbabweCameroonVietnamSouth KoreaIranArmeniaSwedenPolandAustriaHungaryRomaniaLithuaniaLatviaEstoniaGermanyBulgariaCroatiaSwitzerlandBelgiumNetherlandsAustraliaChinaTaiwanItalyDenmarkUnited KingdomPhilippinesFinlandSlovakiaCzechiaJapanEthiopiaSerbia
  • Listed
  • Not listed
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The same countries as a list

  1. Armenia
  2. Australia
  3. Austria
  4. Belgium
  5. Bulgaria
  6. Cameroon
  7. China
  8. Croatia
  9. Czechia
  10. Denmark
  11. Estonia
  12. Ethiopia
  13. Finland
  14. France
  15. Germany
  16. Hungary
  17. Iran
  18. Italy
  19. Japan
  20. Latvia
  21. Lithuania
  22. Netherlands
  23. Norway
  24. Philippines
  25. Poland
  26. Romania
  27. Russia
  28. Serbia
  29. Slovakia
  30. South Africa
  31. South Korea
  32. Sweden
  33. Switzerland
  34. Taiwan
  35. United Kingdom
  36. Vietnam
  37. Zimbabwe

Why a country list is not a range map

Is the mugwort plume 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 mugwort plume classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusHellinsia
  7. SpeciesHellinsia lienigianus (Zeller, 1852)

Synonyms Hellinsia catharodactylus, Hellinsia hirosakianus, Hellinsia melinodactylus, Hellinsia mutuurai, Hellinsia scarodactylus, Hellinsia sericeodactylus, Hellinsia serindibanus, Hellinsia victorianus, Leioptilus lienigianus, Leioptilus sericeodactylus, Leioptilus serindibanus, Oidaematophorus lienigianus, Oidaematophorus mutuurai, Ovendenia lienigianus, Pterophorus hirosakianus, Pterophorus lienigianus, Pterophorus melinodactylus, Pterophorus scarodactylus, Pterophorus scarodactylus var. catharodactylus, Pterophorus sericeodactylus, Pterophorus victorianus

Other names and names in other languages (13)
  • Mugwort plume mothEnglish
  • Wormwood plumeEnglish
  • pernatuška černobýlováCzech
  • Braunfleckige Beifuß-FedermotteGerman
  • marunasulkanenFinnish
  • ヨモギトリバJapanese
  • 쑥털날개나방Korean
  • burotfjærmøllNorwegian Bokmål
  • BijvoetvedermotDutch
  • burotfjørmøllNorwegian Nynorsk
  • pierkavec LienigovSlovak
  • gråbofjädermottSwedish
  • ウスグロカマトリバJapanese

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the mugwort plume

Other species in the same genus Hellinsia.

Citron plume

Hellinsia carphodactyla

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 mugwort plume live?

Catalogue of Life checklists list the mugwort plume for 37 countries, including Armenia, Australia, Austria, Belgium and Bulgaria. Checklist coverage is uneven, so the true range may be wider.

What kind of animal is the mugwort plume?

The mugwort plume (Hellinsia lienigianus) 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). Mugwort plume (Hellinsia lienigianus). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/mugwort-plume

MLA

“Mugwort plume (Hellinsia lienigianus).” CreatureData, 2026, https://creaturedata.com/animals/mugwort-plume.

BibTeX
@misc{mugwort_plume_2026,
  title = {Mugwort plume (Hellinsia lienigianus)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/mugwort-plume},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}