Hellinsia varioides

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

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

The wingspan is 20-24 mm. The forewings are unicolorous pale greyish white. The costal edge in the basal half is (at times) narrowly brownish. The hindwings are pale greyish with faintly smoky fringes.[2]


References

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