Hellinsia falsus

Hellinsia falsus
Hellinsia falsus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. falsus
Binomial name
Hellinsia falsus
(Barnes & Lindsey, 1921)[1]
Synonyms
  • Oidaematophorus falsus Barnes & Lindsey, 1921

Hellinsia falsus is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in California and Arizona.

The wingspan is 22-25.5 mm. Adults are entirely chalky white. There is a faint brownish shade in the costal region of forewings, sometimes with the entire surface underlain with brownish grey or rarely dark. The hindwings are tinged with brownish grey. All fringes are concolorous.[2]

References

  1. ^ mothphotographersgroup
  2. ^ Contributions to the natural history of the Lepidoptera of North America
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