Hellinsia chlorias

Hellinsia chlorias
Hellinsia chlorias
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. chlorias
Binomial name
Hellinsia chlorias
(Meyrick, 1908)[1]
Synonyms
  • Pterophorus chlorias Meyrick, 1908
  • Oidaematophorus chlorias (Meyrick, 1908)

The Chlorias Plume Moth (Hellinsia chlorias) is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in North America, including Mississippi[2], New York, Colorado and Kentucky.

The wingspan is 22-25 mm. The head is pale yellow-ochreous. The antennae are pale ochreous. The thorax and abdomen are pale yellowish-ochreous. The forewings are light brownish-ochreous, often more or less suffused with whitish-ochreous. The hindwings are grey.[3]

Taxonomy

Hellinsia chlorias is sometimes listed as a synonym of Hellinsia kellicottii.

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Mississippi Plume Moths From The Bryant Mather Collection (Lepidoptera: Pterophoridae)
  3. ^ Transactions of the Entomological Society of London
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