Hellinsia thoracica

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

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

The wingspan is 18-20 mm. The forewings are light ochreous, shaded with pale brownish in the costal half of the wing, including the first lobe. Below this darker shading a strong suffusion of blackish scaling is found extending from the base of the wing to the cleft. The hindwings are smoky brown with paler fringes.[2]

References

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