Hellinsia pan

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

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

The wingspan is 17-24 mm. The head, body and legs white. The forewings are white with gray-brown irroration. There is a black costal dash over the base of the cleft and is usually separated from the discal area by a clear white subcostal line. There is a small spot before the cleft. The fringes are contrastingly dark but with extensive white areas. The hindwings are whitish to light gray.[2]

Adults have been recorded in March, April and May.

References

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