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Sunflower plume moth

Hellinsia helianthi (Walsingham, 1880)

Status not recordedbutterflies and moths

The sunflower plume moth (Hellinsia helianthi) 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 sunflower 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 sunflower 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 sunflower 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 sunflower 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 sunflower plume moth classified?

  1. kingdomAnimalia
  2. phylumArthropoda
  3. classInsecta
  4. orderLepidoptera
  5. familyPterophoridae
  6. genusHellinsia
  7. SpeciesHellinsia helianthi (Walsingham, 1880)

Synonyms Lioptilus helianthi

Catalogue of Life

Relatives of the sunflower 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

CompareSunflower plume moth vs Citron plumeSunflower plume moth vs Small goldenrod plumeSunflower plume moth vs Goldenrod borerSunflower plume moth vs Mugwort plume

Common questions

Answered only where our data holds the answer.

Where does the sunflower plume moth live?

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

What kind of animal is the sunflower plume moth?

The sunflower plume moth (Hellinsia helianthi) 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). Sunflower plume moth (Hellinsia helianthi). Retrieved from https://creaturedata.com/animals/sunflower-plume-moth

MLA

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BibTeX
@misc{sunflower_plume_moth_2026,
  title = {Sunflower plume moth (Hellinsia helianthi)},
  author = {{CreatureData}},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://creaturedata.com/animals/sunflower-plume-moth},
  note = {Data as of 2026-11-11}
}