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Hellinsia citrites

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Hellinsia citrites
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. citrites
Binomial name
Hellinsia citrites
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus citrites Meyrick, 1908

Hellinsia citrites is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in North America, including Mississippi,[2] Colorado, Oklahoma and Kentucky.

The wingspan is 24–27 mm. The head is ocherous whitish, but the face and back of the crown are more ocherous tinged. The palpi, antennae and thorax are whitish ocherous. The abdomen is also whitish ocherous, but the sides are more ocherous. The forewings are ocherous, partially tinged with whitish The hindwings are gray.[3]

References

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  1. ^ "460085.00 – 6183 – Hellinsia citrites – (Meyrick, 1908)". North American Moth Photographers Group. Mississippi State University. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
  2. ^ Matthews, D. L. (2010). "Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)" (PDF). Southern Lepidopterists' News. 32 (2): 50–55.
  3. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London Public Domain This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.