Hellinsia ochracealis

Hellinsia ochracealis
Hellinsia ochracealis
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Family: Pterophoridae
Genus: Hellinsia
Species: H. ochracealis
Binomial name
Hellinsia ochracealis
(Walker, 1864)
Synonyms
  • Utuca ochracealis Walker, 1864
  • Oidaematophorus ochracealis

Hellinsia ochracealis is a moth of the Pterophoridae family. It is found in Brazil[1], Nicaragua and Colombia.[2]

Adults have broad, uniformly black wings with a purplish iridescence.[3]

References

  1. ^ Generic revision of the superfamily Pterophoroidea (Lepidoptera)
  2. ^ Fauna Entomologica De Nicaragua
  3. ^ Additional data on the geographical distribution and adult activity of the diurnal, mimetic plume moth, Oidaematophorus chamelai (Pterophoridae)
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