Hellinsia mollis

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Hellinsia mollis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. mollis
Binomial name
Hellinsia mollis
(Walsingham, 1915)
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus mollis Walsingham, 1915

Hellinsia mollis is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Guatemala,[1] Costa Rica, Mexico (Querétaro) and Panama.[2]

The wingspan is 16–17 mm. The antennae are bone-white, the head and thorax are whitish ochreous. The forewings are bone-white, overlaid with whitish ochreous, becoming more strongly ochreous along the fold, before the fissure, and beneath the costa to the apex. The hindwings are shining, bone-whitish.[3] Adults are on wing in May and June.

References[edit]

  1. ^ Beccaloni, G.; Scoble, M.; Kitching, I.; Simonsen, T.; Robinson, G.; Pitkin, B.; Hine, A.; Lyal, C., eds. (2003). "Pterophorus mollis​". The Global Lepidoptera Names Index. Natural History Museum. Retrieved May 6, 2018.
  2. ^ "Neotropical species of the family Pterophoridae, part II. Zool. Med. Leiden 85 (2011)". Archived from the original on 2013-10-16. Retrieved 2011-12-22.
  3. ^ "Species description". Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2011-07-06.