Hellinsia carphodactyla (also known as the citron plume) is a moth of the family Pterophoridae, first described by Jacob Hübner in 1813.
It is known from most of Europe (except Scandinavia), Asia Minor and North Africa.
[1] Adults are on wing in June, and again in August and September in two generations in western Europe.
[2] Pupation takes place in the excavated stem parts.
This article on a moth of tribe Oidaematophorini is a stub.