Bug FAQAethes heleniana
Aethes heleniana · Order: Lepidoptera · Family: Tortricidae
Aethes heleniana lives east of the Rocky Mountains in the United States. Its larvae feed on the plant Helenium autumnale.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it lives
It is found in the United States east of the Rocky Mountains.
Source: Wikipedia
What it eats
The larvae feed on Helenium autumnale.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it comes from
It occurs in the United States, recorded east of the Rocky Mountains.
Source: Wikipedia
Where it is found in the US
Recorded in 23 of 51 states and DC. Most records: Texas, Alabama, Virginia, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Maryland, Indiana, Mississippi.
Darker = more records. Counts are museum and citizen-science records, not population size.
Source: GBIF
Status: native in North America; native in Canada. Source: iNaturalist
Months it is reported in the US
Source: GBIF
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- Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aethes_heleniana
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Text written 2026-10-28 from the sources above and checked sentence by sentence against them. Data fetched 2026-10-28.