Hellinsia elliottii

Hellinsia elliottii
Hellinsia elliottii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. elliottii
Binomial name
Hellinsia elliottii
(Fernald, 1893)[1]
Synonyms
  • Alucita elliottii Fernald, 1893
  • Oidaematophora elliottii

Hellinsia elliottii is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America, including Mississippi[2], New York, Iowa, Quebec, Alberta and Ontario.

The wingspan is 21-26 mm. The head is very pale fuscous and the thorax and abdomen are whitish fuscous. The legs are white. The forewings are white, tinged with ochre yellow near the base and on the apical third of the costa. There is a very oblique streak of brown scales on the costa near the apex and a dark-brown spot before the fissure. A streak of irregular brown scales extends from the base of the wing to the fissure. The fringes are white. The hindwings are pure white, with a few ochre yellow scales scattered over the surface in some specimens.[3]

The larvae are light green with long, white, shiny hairs from the tubercles. Except on the prothorax, there is a distinct creamy dorsal line broken in the centre of each segment by a small, round dot of the ground color. Pupation takes place in a green pupa with pale ochreous markings.[4]

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  3. ^ The pterophoridae of North America
  4. ^ Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America
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