Hellinsia thor

Hellinsia thor
Hellinsia thor
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. thor
Binomial name
Hellinsia thor
(McDunnough, 1939)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophora thor McDunnough, 1939

Hellinsia thor is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America, including Colorado.

The wingspan is 22 mm. The forewings are deep fawn-brown with a few scattered black scales, most prominent along the inner margin of the second lobe. There are also a few whitish scales along the costa, and the lower edge of the first lobe is rather prominently white-scaled. The hindwings are deep smoky with similarly colored fringes.[2]

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Pterophorid Descriptions and Notes (Lepid.) by J. MCDUNNOUGH, The Canadian Entomologist 1962, Vol. 94
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