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Hellinsia inulae is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found on the Canary Islands, Iberian Peninsula, Corsica, Sardinia, Sicily, Cyprus and in Germany, Austria, Italy, the Czech Republic, Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, Croatia, Romania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, North Macedonia, Greece, Russia, North Africa and Asia Minor.[1]

Hellinsia inulae
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Arthropoda
Class:	Insecta
Order:	Lepidoptera
Family:	Pterophoridae
Genus:	Hellinsia
Species:	H. inulae
Binomial name
Hellinsia inulae Zeller, 1852
Synonyms
Pterophorus inulae Zeller, 1852 Pterophorus coniodactylus Staudinger, 1859 Oidaematophorus alpinus Gibeaux & Picard, 1992

The wingspan is 18–19 millimetres (0.71–0.75 in).

The larvae feed on Inula britannica, Inula salicina, Inula viscosa and Dittrichia viscosa.[2]

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