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Hellinsia serenus

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Hellinsia serenus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Eukaryota
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species:
H. serenus
Binomial name
Hellinsia serenus
(Meyrick, 1913)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus serenus Meyrick, 1913
  • Oidaematophorus serenus

Hellinsia serenus is a moth of the family Pterophoridae. It is found in Arizona, Utah, and California.

The wingspan is 23–35 mm. The head is cream-white between the antennae, while more or less brownish elsewhere. The antennae are white and the palpi are whitish. The thorax and abdomen are pale yellowish, the latter with two subdorsal pure white stripes and a slender brown dorsal stripe. The forewings are whitish to creamy or yellowish on the inner margin, blending into a deeper dull yellowish colour suffused with a light grey-brown shade in the costal region. The fringes are concolorous. The hindwings and fringes are grey brown, usually contrastingly dark but occasionally rather light in colour.[2]

Taxonomy

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Hellinsia serenus is treated as a synonym of Hellinsia balanotes by some authors.

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